[FIXED] How to create iText BaseFont based on InputStream

Issue

I have a font file "arial.ttf" in a web application and I can only obtain its contents as InputStream.

InputStream inputFont = getResourceAsStream("/resources/arial.ttf");

How can I create an href="http://api.itextpdf.com/itext/com/itextpdf/text/pdf/BaseFont.html" rel="noreferrer">iText BaseFont based on the InputStream? The createFont method doesn't accept it.

BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(inputFont, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);

createFont(InputStream,String,boolean) can't invoke createFont(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,boolean) in BaseFont.

Solution

Try something like the following:

byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
        .getResourceAsStream("/resources/arial.ttf"));
BaseFont.createFont("arial.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_Harial.ttf, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, true, bytes, null);

You have to specify the .ttf in the font name to tell the method it should interpret it as ttf format.

Answered By - CSchulz
Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (JavaFixing Volunteer)