Re : No font in exported PDF

Yeah, the PDF Export library page doesn't tell you a whole lot. It is mostly very confusing. The code examples are somewhat inconsitent and there is no real reference material. Just examples. I set out to try the example code to see which example might work. I modified the first one and, to my surprise, it worked.

1. import processing.pdf.*;
   
   void setup() {
       size(400,    400, PDF,    "filename.pdf");
   }
   
   void draw()    {
       // Draw    something    good here
   
       PFont    f;
       textAlign(CENTER);
       f    =    createFont("Times New Roman",    40);
       textFont(f,    40);
       background(255);
       String message = "Times New Roman text along a curve";
      
       // The radius of a circle
       float r = 100;
       // Start in    the    center and draw    the    circle
       translate(width    /    2, height    /    2);
       noFill();
       stroke(0);
       ellipse(0, 0,    r*2, r*2);
   
       // We    must keep    track    of our position    along    the    curve
       float    arclength    =    0;
   
       // For every box
       for    (int i = 0;    i    <    message.length();    i++)
       {
           // Instead of    a    constant width,    we check the width of    each character.
           char currentChar = message.charAt(i);
           float    w    =    textWidth(currentChar);
   
           // Each    box    is centered    so we    move half    the    width
           arclength    += w/2;
           // Angle in    radians    is the arclength divided by    the    radius
           // Starting    on the left    side of    the    circle by    adding PI
           float    theta    =    PI + arclength / r;         
   
           pushMatrix();
           // Polar to    cartesian    coordinate conversion
           translate(r*cos(theta),    r*sin(theta));
           // Rotate    the    box
           rotate(theta+PI/2);    // rotation    is offset    by 90    degrees
           // Display the character
           fill(0);
           text(currentChar,0,0);
           popMatrix();
           // Move    halfway    again
           arclength    += w/2;
       }
   
       // Exit    the    program   
       println("Finished.");
       exit();
   }
   
   

Sort of.



I do get the selected font to display in the PDF now but it is still not embedded. I printed the output PDF to another PDF using NitroPDF and it embedded the font but it was the wrong font. So if I send it to say, a service provider, it may not print correctly. I tried different fonts but NitroPDF always embeds TrueType CourierNew, which I believe is the default font I was getting before. So problem still not entirely solved. I wonder how Acrobat is getting the font information if it is not embedded.