Missing national characters

[Michael]

Hi,

I have a problem with PDF generating. Some national characters (in this case from Polish language) are missing in the created file. For example I'm getting dem instead of dżem​ (so the letter ż ​is missing).

I checked the database and it's saved correctly. My WebAPI is also returning those names in a correct way. Characters are getting lost when creating the PDF file.

Is there a way to fix that (for example to specify the encoding)?

ShoppingListModel​:

public class ShoppingListModel
{
   public string Name { get; set; }
   public string Unit { get; set; }
   public double Amount { get; set; }
}

FileResult​ that is getting returned from the method responsible for generating PDF:

public record FileResult(Stream Content, string Type, string Name);

GetPdf​ method:

public FileResult GetPdf(List<ShoppingListModel> shoppingList)
{
   var document = new PdfDocument();
   var page = document.Pages.Add();

   PdfCellStyle headerStyle = new()
   {
      TextPen = PdfPens.Black,
      TextBrush = PdfBrushes.Black,
      BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.White,
      Font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.TimesRoman, 10),
   };

   PdfLightTable table = new()
   {
      DataSource = shoppingList,
      ColumnProportionalSizing = true,
   };

   table.Style.HeaderStyle = headerStyle;
   table.Style.ShowHeader = true;
   table.Style.CellPadding = 3f;

   table.Draw(page, new PointF(10, 10));

   var stream = new MemoryStream();
   document.Save(stream);
   stream.Position = 0;

   document.Close(true);

   return new FileResult(stream, "application/pdf", "shoppingList.pdf");
}

Action from my controller, responsible for returning a file to the caller:

[HttpGet("pdf")]
public async Task<IActionResult> GetShoppingListAsPdf(DateTime from, DateTime to, float peopleCount)
{
   if (peopleCount == 0f)
   peopleCount = 1f;

   var shoppingList = await Mediator.Send(new GetShoppingListQuery(from, to, peopleCount));
   var pdf = _pdfGenerator.GetPdf(shoppingList);

   return File(pdf.Content, pdf.Type, pdf.Name);
}

Link to GitHub repo: https://github.com/MadTiger2409/FoodPlanner

[Gowthamraj Kumar]

Hi Michael,
 

We can draw the polish characters with supported font TrueType file by initializing PdfFont class as PdfTrueTypeFont class. We have checked by drawing a polish characters inside the table rows in a PDF document, but it is working properly and characters are render properly. Please refer the below code snippet to apply the font in a PdfLightTable, 

Please refer the below link for more information,  

UG: https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-tables#cell-customization-in-pdflighttable 

Output: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/pd/table2-1410809456 

 

//Load the TrueType font from the local *.ttf file. 

 

FileStream fontStream = new FileStream("../../../arial.ttf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); 

 

PdfFont font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(fontStream, 14); 

//Declare and define the alternate style. 

 

PdfCellStyle altStyle = new PdfCellStyle(font, PdfBrushes.Black, PdfPens.Green); 

PdfLightTable table = new() 

{ 

               

   DataSource = shoppingList, 

   ColumnProportionalSizing = true, 

}; 

table.Style.DefaultStyle = altStyle; 

table.Style.HeaderStyle = headerStyle; 

table.Style.ShowHeader = true; 

table.Style.CellPadding = 3f; 

table.Draw(page, new PointF(10, 10)); 

 

Please try the above solution and let us know if you need any further assistance with this. 

 

Regards, 

Gowthamraj K 

[Michael]

Now I have one more problem. I tried few fonts and even with Calibri Light text looks like it's bold.

I specified that it should be regular:

PdfCellStyle defaultStyle = new()
{
TextPen = PdfPens.Black,
TextBrush = PdfBrushes.Black,
BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.White,
Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(fontStream, 10, PdfFontStyle.Regular)
};

I added a file that is being generated so you can see the result.

Attachment: shoppingList_7364448c.rar

[Michael]

Ok, I found what I did wrong. PdfTrueTypeFont ​object must be created before PdfCellStyle ​(not inside).

[Gowthamraj Kumar]

Hi Michael,

 

Thank you for your update. Please let us know if you need any further assistance with this. 

Please refer the below link for more information,   

UG: https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-tables#cell-customization-in-pdflighttable  

Reference link : https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/file-formats/Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics.PdfTrueTypeFont.html

 

Regards, 

Gowthamraj K