Question

I use iText 5.3.3

I try to extract text from pdf file.

I use something like that:

    File f (....)

    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);

    r = new PdfReader(fis);

    String s=PdfTextExtractor.getTextFromPage(r, 1);
    System.out.print(s);

I get this:

“(…)Singapore Airlines to the crisis caused by the ?rst fatal crash in the history(…)”

for text:

“(…)Singapore Airlines to the crisis caused by the first fatal crash in the history(…)”

or:
“(…)national carriers and ?nal conclusions suggest the need for(…)”

for text:
“(…)national carriers and final conclusions suggest the need for(…)”

as you see, i get “?” insted of “fi”.

Answer 1

Problem solved.

I changed default encoding for .txt files.

In Eclipse:
Window>>General>>Content Types>>Text
Default encoding: UTF-8