[Can I specify a font in a PDF by name, without it being present at time of PDF generation?]

If so, how do I do this?  I would like to use a free GPL unicode font, http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html for the generation, but specify that Arial Unicode is to be used in the viewer.

 

[Do I have to license a font for PDF generation?]

Assuming I am not embedding my font, can I use a font by name during PDF generation without licensing it? 

I don't know much about PDF generation, but I'd assume that only a small subset of the information in the font is used at PDF creation time, the majority being used when it is rendered for display.  I'd like to know if I can somehow extract just this smaller amount of info, and will it require licensing in the same way as the complete font?

[How do I refer to an embedded font extension from Java?]

I have managed to set the global PDF font property by referencing the absolute path to a TTF with code like this:

JRPropertiesUtil.getInstance(jrContext).setProperty("net.sf.jasperreports.default.pdf.font.name","C:\fonts\arialuni.ttf");

I would now like to switch to using a font in a .jar file.  I've generated the font using the export from the studio and put it in my classpath.  How to I reference it from within the Java code?

[Multilingual not displaying in PDF format]

@hozawa  I've added the font extension, more or less the same way as in the instructions, but it doesn't appear as an option for PDF export.

[How do I use Windows TTF fonts?]

In Jaspersoft Studio I have added c:windowsfonts to my font path, however I can't see any of my windows fonts in the drop-down for PDF export.  How do I make those fonts visible to the studio for PDF export?

 

[Where does default PDF export font get stored?]

I opened a .jrxml file in Jaspersoft Studio, I opened the properties -. jaspersoft studio -> Exporters -> PDF exporters , selected 'Use file settings' , selected my font.

I expected  to see this font saved in the .jrxml file but it doesn't appear to be there.  Where does that setting get stored please?

thanks.

[How do I create PDFs like Excel?]

I noticed Excel 2010 does a good job of exporting a CSV to a PDF.  I get a PDF version 1.3 document and all unicode characters (including Japanese) appear to be visible on all PDF viewers.  Jasper Reports seems to default to Helvetica with codepage cp1252, so Japanese characters aren't displayed.

I'd like to do the same thing with Jasper Reports.  How do I go about taking the following strings (extracted from the Excel PDF) and turn them into instructions for Jasper Reports?  Which font(s) should I specify?

Thanks!

<< /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /ColorSpace << /Cs1 7 0 R >> /Font << /TT2 9 0 R
/G1 10 0 R >> >>
<< /Type /Font /Subtype /TrueType /BaseFont /YBNGKU+Calibri /FontDescriptor
14 0 R /ToUnicode 15 0 R /FirstChar 33 /LastChar 45 /Widths [ 525 525 799
525 498 349 507 507 507 527 400 335 715 ] >>
<< /Type /FontDescriptor /FontName /YBNGKU+Calibri /Flags 4 /FontBBox [-503 -307 1240 1026]
/ItalicAngle 0 /Ascent 952 /Descent -269 /CapHeight 644 /StemV 0 /XHeight
476 /AvgWidth 521 /MaxWidth 1328 /FontFile2 17 0 R >>
<< /Type /Font /Subtype /Type0 /Encoding /Identity-H /DescendantFonts [19 0 R]
/BaseFont /CVQVSA+MS-Mincho /ToUnicode 20 0 R >>
<< /Type /Font /Subtype /CIDFontType2 /BaseFont /CVQVSA+MS-Mincho /CIDSystemInfo
<< /Registry (Adobe) /Ordering (Identity) /Supplement 0 >> /W 22 0 R /DW 1000
/FontDescriptor 23 0 R /CIDToGIDMap 24 0 R >>
<< /Type /FontDescriptor /FontName /CVQVSA+MS-Mincho /Flags 5 /FontBBox [-977 -137 996 859]
/ItalicAngle 0 /Ascent 859 /Descent -141 /CapHeight 668 /StemV 0 /XHeight
438 /AvgWidth 500 /MaxWidth 1000 /FontFile2 25 0 R >>