itext Marathi (indian) language display issue

Question

I am evaluating iText as a PDFGenerator for java swing application. The output is supposed to be in \"Marathi\", which is a local Indian langauge similar to hindi but not sa

Answer 1

The following worked for me.

import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.io.*;
import com.lowagie.text.*;

public class Test { 
    /** Path to the resulting PDF file. */
    public static final String RESULT
    = "/home/test.pdf";
     /**
     * Creates a PDF file: test.pdf
     * @param    args    no arguments needed
     */
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throws DocumentException, IOException {
        Document document = new Document();       
    PdfWriter writer =       
                    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));       
    document.open();       
    int w = 400;
    int h = 150;

    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    PdfTemplate tp = cb.createTemplate(w, h);
    Graphics2D g2 = tp.createGraphicsShapes(w, h);        
    g2.drawString("मराठी ग्रीटींग्स, मराठी शुभेच्छापत्रे", 20, 100);                
    g2.dispose();
    cb.addTemplate(tp, 50, 400);
    document.close();        

    }
}