How to add new fonts to Itext using java

when I want to use a font is iText I do the following:

protected final static Font FONT_SIZE_11_BOLD = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 11f, Font.BOLD);

and then I can use it whereever I want, as follows:

monthSize11 = new Chunk(month, FONT_SIZE_11_BOLD);

I want to use Arial instead of HELVETICA, but Arial is not directly available. I mean, I cannot do

new Font(Font.ARIAL, 11f, Font.BOLD);

because Arial is not defined at the Font class, but the Arial.ttf file is at my System under C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. The question is how I can bind the Arial.ttf file to iText and how can I use it.

Many thnaks in advance.

EDIT: I would like to use own fonts. I mean, I have a file called "myCompany.ttf" where own fonts have been defined and at some places I must u开发者_如何学编程se. The problem is not only with Arial.

BaseFont base = BaseFont.createFont("c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf", BaseFont.WINANSI);
Font font = new Font(base, 11f, Font.BOLD);
....

Read more here.

Load it from inside the JAR using a leading slash; otherwise, use the absolute path of your font (C:\...\fonts\Sansation_Regular.ttf). For example:

Font font = FontFactory.getFont("/fonts/Sansation_Regular.ttf",
    BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 0.8f, Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.BLACK);
BaseFont baseFont = font.getBaseFont();

• The relative path of the font is: 'src/main/resources/fonts'
• Using Itext 5.4.5
• Example code

Use BaseFont.createFont to create a new Font object.

You can pass any Type1 or TTF font. You will just have to ensure your font file is distributed alongwith. Refer BaseFont API

Creating custom fonts using itext is simple

I had written code for the same below

Will definitely help someone

public class CustomFontStyle {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // creation of the document with a certain size and certain margins
        // may want to use PageSize.LETTER instead
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
        try {
            // creation of the different writers
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("CustomFontsStyle.pdf"));
            final String NEWLINE = "\n";
            document.open();
            Phrase phrase = new Phrase();

            BaseFont baseFont3 = BaseFont.createFont("Xenotron.ttf", BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
            Font font2 = new Font(baseFont3, 12);

            document.add(new Paragraph("Custom Xenotron Font: ", font2));

            phrase.add(NEWLINE);

            document.add(phrase);

            document.close();

        }
        catch (Exception ex) {
            System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

}