Displaying Japanese Characters in PDF in Edge, Chrome

Displaying Japanese Characters in PDF in Edge, Chrome

Posted by: Swapnil.Walwadkar on 24 February 2022, 8:13 am EST

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  Swapnil.Walwadkar

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  Posted 24 February 2022, 8:13 am EST

  Hi
  
  I am creating a PDF file by using C1PdfDocument. The PDF file contains a combination of Japanese and English characters.
  
  When I open that PDF file in Acrobat reader, all the characters gets displayed correctly. However, when I open that PDF file in Microsoft Edge/Chrome, Japanese characters do not get displayed. Only English characters get displayed.
  
  I am attaching the sample PDF file.
  
  The following is the code to create a PDF file.

  	C1.C1Pdf.C1PdfDocument pdf = new C1.C1Pdf.C1PdfDocument();
              Font font = new Font("MS Gothic", 9, FontStyle.Regular);
  
              pdf.PaperKind = System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind.A4;
              RectangleF rect = pdf.PageRectangle;
              rect.Inflate(-48, -48);
  
              pdf.Security.AllowCopyContent = false;
              pdf.Security.AllowEditContent = false;
              pdf.Security.AllowEditAnnotations = false;
  
              while (true)
              {
                  int nextChar = pdf.DrawString(data, font, Brushes.Black, rect);
                  if (nextChar >= data.Length)
                  {
                      break;
                  }
                  data = data.Substring(nextChar);
                  pdf.NewPage();
              }
              pdf.Save(path);
  

  Please let me know what could be the problem with the PDF created by C1PdfDocument.

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  nitin.sharma

  

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  Posted 25 February 2022, 6:53 am EST

  Hi Swapnil,

  Thanks for providing the code snippet.

  In order to display Japanese character(in Pdf) in Chrome/Edge, you need to set FontType as Embedded while creating Pdf. (see code snippet)

  
   pdf.FontType = PdfFontType.Embedded;
  
  

  Please refer the attached sample for the same: PdfDemo.zip

  Best Regards,
  
  Nitin