Embed font in PDF rendering plugin in Grails - pdf

Question

I want to embed 'HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn.ttf' in a PDF document. I'm using Grails rendering 0.4.4 Plugin to generate PDF file.
I tried following,
#font-face {
font-family: 'Helvetica';
src: url('${grailsApplication.config.grails.serverURL}/fonts/HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn.ttf');
-fs-pdf-font-embed: embed;
-fs-pdf-font-encoding: Identity-H;
}
but it doesn't work.

Answer 1

The font embedding requires the below steps to be followed. This worked for me.
Try and tell me your feedback
The PdfRenderingService class present inside the plugin should be
edited for this font simulation as below.
protected doRender(Map args, Document document, OutputStream outputStream)
{
def renderer = new ITextRenderer()
// add the real font path from the server to be deployed to.
//I have it in the assets folder of my project
def path=servletContext.getRealPath("/")+"assets/HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn.ttf"
ITextFontResolver fontResolver=renderer.getFontResolver();
//add the encoding and embedded types to the font
fontResolver.addFont(path,BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
configureRenderer(renderer)
renderer.setDocument(document, args.base)
renderer.layout()
renderer.createPDF(outputStream)
outputStream.close();
}
Add the below code in your template file
#font-face {
font-family: "Helvetica";
src: url("${grailsApplication.config.grails.serverURL}/assets/HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn.ttf") format("truetype"),
url("${grailsApplication.config.grails.serverURL}/assets/HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn.woff") format("woff"),
url("${grailsApplication.config.grails.serverURL}/assets/HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn.svg#HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn") format("svg");
-fs-pdf-font-embed: embed;
-fs-pdf-font-encoding: Identity-H;
}

Answer 2

#font-face { src:url(${grailsApplication.config.app.serverUrl}/arialuni.ttf) ; -fs-pdf-font-embed: embed; -fs-pdf-font-encoding: Identity-H; }
This worked for me.

Answer 3

Probably the problem is that you have your url value surrounded by ' instead of ".
The difference between them is that, though in Groovy string literals can be made with both, only the ones surrounded by " create GString, which evaluates statements between ${}

Answer 4

This worked for me
#font-face {
src: url("path/to/KF-Kiran.ttf");
-fs-pdf-font-embed: embed;
-fs-pdf-font-encoding: cp1250;
}
div {
font-family: 'KF-Kiran'; // here give the same name of .ttf file.
}