/** * This code sample was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to this question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30876926/itext-std-deviation-symbol-%CF%83-not-printing */ package sandbox.objects; import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Font; import com.itextpdf.text.Font.FontFamily; 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 StandardDeviation { public static final String DEST = "results/objects/standard_deviation.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new StandardDeviation().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); document.add(new Paragraph("The standard deviation symbol doesn't exist in Helvetica.")); Font symbol = new Font(FontFamily.SYMBOL); Paragraph p = new Paragraph("So we use the Symbol font: "); p.add(new Chunk("s", symbol)); document.add(p); document.close(); } }