Java tutorial
/* * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie, author of the book * 'iText in Action' by Manning Publications (ISBN: 1932394796). * You can use this example as inspiration for your own applications. * The following license applies: * http://www.1t3xt.com/about/copyright/index.php?page=MIT */ package questions.graphics2D; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.Font; import com.lowagie.text.PageSize; import com.lowagie.text.Phrase; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.FontMapper; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class ArabicText { public static final String RESULT = "results/questions/graphics2d/arabic_text.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4); try { PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(RESULT)); document.open(); String text1 = "\u0634\u0627\u062f\u062c\u0645\u0647\u0648\u0631"; String text2 = "\u0634"; java.awt.Font font = new java.awt.Font("arial", 0, 12); PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); java.awt.Graphics2D g2Shapes = cb.createGraphicsShapes(PageSize.A4.getWidth(), PageSize.A4.getHeight()); g2Shapes.setFont(font); g2Shapes.drawString("text1, expected to render RTL", 50, 100); g2Shapes.drawString(text1, 50, 120); g2Shapes.drawString("text2, expected to match right-most glyph above", 50, 140); g2Shapes.drawString(text2, 50, 160); g2Shapes.dispose(); ColumnText text = new ColumnText(cb); Font f = new Font( BaseFont.createFont("c://windows/fonts/arialuni.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED), 12); text.setSimpleColumn(50, 620, 545, 50); text.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL); text.setText(new Phrase(text1, f)); text.go(); text.setText(new Phrase(text2, f)); text.go(); FontMapper arialuni = new FontMapper() { public BaseFont awtToPdf(java.awt.Font font) { try { return BaseFont.createFont("c:/windows/fonts/arialuni.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); } catch (DocumentException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } public java.awt.Font pdfToAwt(BaseFont font, int size) { return null; } }; java.awt.Graphics2D g = cb.createGraphics(PageSize.A4.getWidth(), PageSize.A4.getHeight(), arialuni); g.setFont(null); g.drawString("text1, not expected to render RTL", 50, 180); g.drawString(text1, 50, 200); g.drawString("text2, not expected to match right-most glyph above", 50, 220); g.drawString(text2, 50, 240); g.drawString("to your right you see what it SHOULD look like:", 50, 260); g.drawString("If it doesn't, the problem is in the JDK, it's not an iText problem.", 50, 280); g.dispose(); document.close(); } catch (Exception de) { de.printStackTrace(); } } }