Problem with generating PDF with Hebrew in Java

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Hello,

I’m trying to write a Hebrew text string to a PDF file.
The file gets written, but when I open it with Adobe Acrobat, I see that the string was not written.
When I try to write a string that has both Hebrew and English, the English text appears properly (but the Hebrew doesn’t).

I tried different ways to get around this problem, including some code I based on some .NET example I found (attached below). I couldn’t get it to work.

Any idea / Java sample / etc…?

Thanks!

------------------ Sample code that failed to work ---------------
com.aspose.pdf.elements.Pdf pdf = new com.aspose.pdf.elements.Pdf();

com.aspose.pdf.elements.Section section = pdf.getSections().add();

com.aspose.pdf.elements.Text text = new com.aspose.pdf.elements.Text(section);

com.aspose.pdf.elements.TextInfo textInfo = text.getTextInfo();

textInfo.setIsUnicode(true);

textInfo.setFontName(“hebrew”);

textInfo.setTrueTypeFontFileName(“c:\temp\hebrew.ttf”); // got this file from some message I found on your forum…

textInfo.setIsFontEmbedded(true); // I think that the font file wasn’t actually embedded, as the PDF file was the same as without this call (and quite small - ~2kb).

text.setTextInfo(textInfo);

com.aspose.pdf.elements.Segment segment = text.getSegments().add();

segment.setContent(“שלום עולם”);

section.getParagraphs().add(text);

java.io.FileOutputStream fos = new java.io.FileOutputStream(“c:\temp\pdf5.pdf”);

pdf.save(fos);

fos.close();

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Hi,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Thanks for considering Aspose.

I have tested the scenario and I am able to notice the problem. We are looking into the details of this issue and will keep you updated with the status of correction. We apologize for your inconvenience.

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Hey,

Thank you for the quick reply.
Is there a different scenario that I can use (in Java) for correctly generating a Hebrew PDF?
If not, do you have an estimation for when you’ll have a fix or a workaround?

Thanks in advance,
Oz

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Hi,

We are working over this issue and I have asked the development team to share the ETA for the resolution of this problem. We apologize for your inconvenience.