[question] SVG and fonts about pdfbox-graphics2d HOT 3 CLOSED

The text is rendered with the font the moment the SVG is painted into the PDF. Depending on what font strategy you choose the font is subset and embedded into the PDF (the default) or drawn using vector shapes. For details look here.

So, yes you need the font while creating the PDF. This is a somewhat hard requirement, as the font is needed to get all the text geometric information.

PDFs don't understand SVGs, so the SVG must be translated into the corresponding PDF commands/resources. How are you using this library? Directly using this library in combination with Batik or indirect using OpenHTMLtoPDF? This library does not render SVG itself, it just provides a Graphics2D adapter to allow in combination with Batik to render a SVG into a PDF.

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Thanks for your quick reply!
Yes, I am using it directly in combination with Batik, I had hoped the SVG would simply refer to a font that may or not may be installed on the target machine, but it seems that is not the case.

Thanks again!

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If you want to save space in the PDF you can use PdfBoxGraphics2DFontTextDrawerDefaultFonts - this replaces the fonts with the default builtin PDF fonts.

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