pdfwriter doesn't translate special characters

Question

I have HTML file with an external CSS. I want to create PDF from the HTML file, but the endcoing doesn't work. HTML file works fine, but after transfering to PDF, some characters in PDF are missing. (čřě...) It happens even if I set the Charset in PDFWriter constructor.

How do I solve this, please?

 public void createPDF() {
    try {

        Document document = new Document();


        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(username + ID + ".pdf"));

        document.open();
        String hovinko = username + ID + ".html";

        XMLWorkerHelper.getInstance().parseXHtml(writer, document, new FileInputStream(hovinko), Charset.forName("UTF-8"));

        document.close();

        System.out.println("PDF Created!");
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Klemens Morbe · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-26T15:54:50.813

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Did you try to convert your special characters before writing them to your PDF?

yourHTMLString.replaceAll(oldChar, newChar);

ć = ć
ř = ř
ě = ě

If you need more special characters, visit this link.

EDIT: Then try this out, it worked for me:

BaseFont basefont = BaseFont.createFont("C:/Windows/Fonts/ARIAL.TTF", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
            Font font = new Font(basefont, 12);
            document.add(new Paragraph("čřě", font));

edited Mar 26 '14 at 15:54

answered Mar 25 '14 at 17:31

Klemens Morbe

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whats the output now if you replace the characters? the same? – Klemens Morbe Mar 25 '14 at 20:08
yes, the same. I replaced all the "special characters with these strings and it does the same – fatevil Mar 25 '14 at 20:11
I don't understand now, im using "com.itext.text" – fatevil Mar 25 '14 at 20:46
please try the code with `BaseFont` which I added to my post. – Klemens Morbe Mar 26 '14 at 15:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 24 '17 at 08:19

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Try it with below logic. It worked for me:

InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(hovinko.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
XMLWorkerHelper.getInstance().parseXHtml(writer, document, is, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));

I used xmlworker version 5.5.12 and itextpdf version 5.5.12.

edited Nov 24 '17 at 08:19

Markus

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answered Nov 24 '17 at 07:51

Mohan Kumar Dg

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 13:49

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I was strugling with sam problem (Polish special signs). For me solution was to write a good font-family in html code.

answered Jan 18 '21 at 13:49

Piotr Grociak

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pdfwriter doesn't translate special characters

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