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Can I get load a PDFont from a font name as string?

I wondered if there is a way to load a PDType1Font by the font name. In the 1.8.x versions, you could just load a font by a string static PDType1Font getStandardFont(String name) A convenience method to get one of the standard 14 font from name. Is there a way to do this in the 2.0.x versions?

Solution

  • The code does still exist in TextToPDF.java however it is all private. I would follow the suggestion of mkl: Just add a PdfUtil.java to your code where you do the following:

    public class PdfUtils{

 private static final Map<String, PDType1Font> STANDARD_14 = new HashMap<String, PDType1Font>();

 static{
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.TIMES_ROMAN.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.TIMES_ROMAN);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.TIMES_BOLD.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.TIMES_BOLD);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.TIMES_ITALIC.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.TIMES_ITALIC);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.TIMES_BOLD_ITALIC.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.TIMES_BOLD_ITALIC);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.HELVETICA.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.HELVETICA);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.HELVETICA_OBLIQUE.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.HELVETICA_OBLIQUE);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD_OBLIQUE.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD_OBLIQUE);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.COURIER.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.COURIER);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.COURIER_BOLD.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.COURIER_BOLD);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.COURIER_OBLIQUE.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.COURIER_OBLIQUE);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.COURIER_BOLD_OBLIQUE.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.COURIER_BOLD_OBLIQUE);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.SYMBOL.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.SYMBOL);
    STANDARD_14.put(PDType1Font.ZAPF_DINGBATS.getBaseFont(), PDType1Font.ZAPF_DINGBATS);
 }
 
 private PdfUtils(){}

 public static PDType1Font getStandardFont(String name){
  return STANDARD_14.get(name);
 }
}