When strings are read from a source (a file, for example) they are just a
sequence of bytes without any meaning. You give meaning to them by
specifying an encoding that with convert those bytes to a Unicode java
string.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Trevor Linton [SMTP:trevor@(protected)]
> Sent:  Wednesday, October 15, 2003 14:56
> To:  iText
> Subject:  RE: [iText-questions] Continuing Unicode Problem
>
> Right,
>
> But if i'm writing static text I can use an escape literal, but what
> happens
> when i'm reading java strings in from a source? there's no way to change é
> to \u00e9 automatically is there?
>
> - Trevor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itext-questions-admin@(protected)
> [mailto:itext-questions-admin@(protected)
> Soares
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:09 AM
> To: 'Trevor Linton'; iText
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Continuing Unicode Problem
>
>
> This is a problem with your platform encoding. Try "Phrase: \u00e9" and
> you'll see the character.
>
> Best Regards,
> Paulo Soares
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:  Trevor Linton [SMTP:trevor@(protected)]
> > Sent:  Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:58
> > To:  iText
> > Subject:  [iText-questions] Continuing Unicode Problem
> >
> > Why is extended character é not showing up in my PDF document? This is
> > completely perplexing me, it's not a problem with the conversion of
> > unicode because i'm passing it statically compiled in. Is there a java
> sdk
> > setting i need to compile with?
> >
> > - Trevor
> >
> > public class Test {
> >   public static void main(String[] args) {
> >      Document document = new Document();
> >      try {
> >         PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new
> > FileOutputStream("test.pdf"));
> >         document.open();
> >         document.add(new Phrase("Phrase: é"));
> >         document.add(new Chunk("Chunk: é"));
> >         document.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph: é"));
> >         document.close();
> >      }
> >      catch(DocumentException de) {
> >         System.err.println(de.getMessage());
> >     }
> >      catch(IOException ioe) {
> >         System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
> >      }
> >      // step 5: we close the document
> >      document.close();
> >   }
> > }
> >
>
>
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