itext pdfacroform set value chinese problem

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I created a pdf template using libreoffice. I tried to fill chinese string into these field but only garbage in those fields. code like below:

            PdfFont kaiuFont = PdfFontFactory.createFont("c:/windows/fonts/kaiu.ttf", true);
            FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream("d:/download/202106.pdf");
            PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(template), new PdfWriter(output));
            PdfAcroForm form = PdfAcroForm.getAcroForm(pdf, true);
            Map<String, PdfFormField> fields = form.getFormFields();
            fields.get("COMPANY_TITLE").setValue(<Chinese words>).setFontAndSize(kaiuFont, 18f);
            pdf.close();

What's wrong with those code?

Have you tried providing font and size _before_ setting the value? — mkl, Jun 04 '21 at 15:48
Thanks for your help, the first line I defined a chinese font kaiu.ttf. the 6th line I fill field with chinese character and set font to kaiu.tff. Am I doing it wrong? — Vincent Chen, Jun 05 '21 at 00:17
Have you tried providing font and size before setting the value? I.e. first call `setFontAndSize` and then `setValue`? — mkl, Jun 05 '21 at 05:49
mkl, Thanks, I just tried to set font before set value but still no luck. — Vincent Chen, Jun 06 '21 at 07:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '21 at 13:27

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Please ignore this topic if your pdf is not generated by LibreOffice. I google d for a day and found this solution link and it works for me

libreoffice pdf issue

answered Jun 07 '21 at 13:27

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As that other stack overflow answer solved your issue, I closed your question as a duplicate thereof. – mkl Jun 07 '21 at 15:51

itext pdfacroform set value chinese problem

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