Question

I am trying to embed arial bold font but getting run time error

font ARIALBD.TTF with Identity-H is not recognized

i am embedding the font in purepdf library for generating the pdf file via flex app.

here in the code.

    [Embed( source="ARIALBD.TTF", mimeType="application/octet-stream" )]

    public static const arialb:Class;


if ((style & Font.BOLD) == Font.BOLD)
f = BaseFont.createFont(arialb, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H);

Answer 1

PurePDF will accept only UNICODE Fonts

check your font is a Unicode font or not

try with a Unicode font and also write the extension *.TTF in lowercase *.ttf as the check for extension in PurePDF BaseFont class is as follows.

else if ( StringUtils.endsWith( nameBase, ".ttf" ) || StringUtils.endsWith( nameBase, ".otf" ) || nameBase.toLowerCase()
                .indexOf( ".ttc," ) > 0 )           {
                if( encoding == IDENTITY_H || encoding == IDENTITY_V)
                {
                    fontBuilt = new TrueTypeFontUnicode();
                    TrueTypeFontUnicode(fontBuilt).init( name, encoding, embedded, ttfAfm, false, forceRead );
                } else {
                    fontBuilt = new TrueTypeFont();
                    TrueTypeFont(fontBuilt).init( name, encoding, embedded, ttfAfm, false, forceRead );
                    TrueTypeFont(fontBuilt).fastWinansi
= encoding == CP1252;
                }           }