/*
 * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37991675
 */
package sandbox.fonts;

import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;

/**
 *
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
@WrapToTest
public class TickboxCharacter {
    public static final String DEST = "results/fonts/tickbox_character.pdf";
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new TickboxCharacter().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("This is a tick box character: ");
        Font zapfdingbats = new Font(Font.FontFamily.ZAPFDINGBATS, 14);
        Chunk chunk = new Chunk("o", zapfdingbats);
        p.add(chunk);
        document.add(p);
        document.close();
    }
}