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How to use any Hindi Font in Itext7?

I am using iText 7.net to create a pdf in Hindi or english based on user language selection input but I can't figure out any way to convert my selected Hindi .ttf font files to itext Pdffonts. It works fine in English with standard Itext Fonts.

This is my code:

    PdfFontFactory.Register(HindiFont1.ToString(), "HindiFont1");

    //Error at this line: Font Not Recognized
    PdfFont myHindiFont1 = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont("HindiFont1", PdfEncodings.IDENTITY_H, true);
    //Create Writer
    PdfWriter writer = new PdfWriter(path);

    //Create Pdf Document Object
    PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(writer);
    Document document = new Document(pdf, size);
    PdfPage page1 = pdf.AddNewPage();
     PdfCanvas canvas3 = new PdfCanvas(page3);
    Rectangle pageSize3 = page3.GetPageSize();

    //String in Title9 Paragraph is a translation of English Phrase
     iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph Title9 = new iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph("ew[;kad fo'kslrk;sa%");

    Title9.SetTextAlignment(iText.Layout.Properties.TextAlignment.CENTER);
   // Title9.SetFont(myHindiFont1);

     document.Close();

The code gives error while saving pdf second line at the top. variable HindiFont1 holds the Hindi Font .ttf file.

String in Title9 Paragraph is a translation of English Phrase.

Can anyone help in using my hindi fonts? I have 4-5 fonts I want to use.

Solution

  • First of all, to retrieve a previously registered font use the PdfFontFactory method CreateRegisteredFont instead of CreateFont. Thus, replace

    PdfFont myHindiFont1 = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont("HindiFont1", PdfEncodings.IDENTITY_H, true);

    by

    PdfFont myHindiFont1 = PdfFontFactory.CreateRegisteredFont("HindiFont1", PdfEncodings.IDENTITY_H, true);

    Then, if you want to add text to a paragraph to be drawn in a specific font, first set the font, then add the text. Thus, instead of 

    iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph Title9 = new iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph("ew[;kad fo'kslrk;sa%");
Title9.SetFont(myHindiFont1);

    do

    iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph Title9 = new iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph().SetFont(myHindiFont1).Add("ew[;kad fo'kslrk;sa%");

    Alternatively you can set that font as document default font:

    Document document = new Document(pdf, size);
document.SetFont(myHindiFont1);

iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph Title9 = new iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph("ew[;kad fo'kslrk;sa%");

    And finally, add your new paragraph to some entity, e.g. 

    document.Add(Title9);

    The result:

    enter image description here

    Here the final code I used to successfully render the above screen shot:

    String HindiFont1 = @"LEOPALMHINDI15K710.TTF";
PageSize size = PageSize.A4;

PdfFontFactory.Register(HindiFont1, "HindiFont1");

//Error at this line: Font Not Recognized
PdfFont myHindiFont1 = PdfFontFactory.CreateRegisteredFont("HindiFont1", PdfEncodings.IDENTITY_H, true);
//Create Writer
PdfWriter writer = new PdfWriter(@"UseLeopalmhindi15K710LikeDivyanshuAgarwalImproved.pdf");

//Create Pdf Document Object
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(writer);
Document document = new Document(pdf, size);
//document.SetFont(myHindiFont1);
//String in Title9 Paragraph is a translation of English Phrase
//iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph Title9 = new iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph("ew[;kad fo'kslrk;sa%");
iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph Title9 = new iText.Layout.Element.Paragraph().SetFont(myHindiFont1).Add("ew[;kad fo'kslrk;sa%");

Title9.SetTextAlignment(iText.Layout.Properties.TextAlignment.CENTER);

document.Add(Title9);

document.Close();