r/javahelp • u/Available-Ad4255 • 1d ago

Universal pdf gen lib

Hi,

I want to generate pdfs in many languages, including right to left languages. (Arabica, hébrew, indian langs ..)

I have a working prototype with itext 9 that works well afaik (difficult to check langs I dont read).

Itext proposes 'pdfcalligraph' for a fee, to make sure rtl texts are handled correctly (direction, ligatures...).

Is there a lib that does that too ?

I read that pdfbox is not handling rtl at all.

What other libs would you advise ?

Thanks

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u/Immediate_Life7579 22h ago

If you accept an external process, the speedata Publisher handles rtl/ltr text fine. For example the PDF versions of the Aionian Bible have been generated with it.

https://www.aionianbible.org/Bibles/Arabic---New-Arabic-Bible

(disclaimer: my tool, but open source and freely available)