generating Persian PDF with iText

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Hi I know that many people may have asked this question before. I've read almost all of them`but it couldn't help me solve my problem. I'm using iText java library to generate a Persian PDF. I'm using the following code: ``` Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4,50,50,50,50); FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("D:\ITextTest.pdf"); PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,fos); document.open(); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("C:\Windows\Fonts\XB YagutBd.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); Font a = new Font(bf,10); Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph("سلام دوست من"); p1.setFont(a); document.add(p1); document.close(); ``` But when I execute the code, nothing has been written to the PDF file and it's blank. Note that "XB YagutBd.ttf" is a Persian Unicode font and "p1" contains some Persian characters. What should I do? I've gotten stuck in this problem... help me please.

Accepted Answer

Only some of the iText elements support RTL, shuch as PdfPCell, PdfPTable, ColumnText. Only these elements have `RunDirection` property which can be set to `PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL` value. (more info in Persian)

generating Persian PDF with iText

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