I am using iText to generate PDFs and I have a symbol σ which does not get added to the PDF.
Is this because of font selection (using HELVETICA_BOLD)?
Can anyone help?
I am using iText to generate PDFs and I have a symbol σ which does not get added to the PDF.
Is this because of font selection (using HELVETICA_BOLD)?
Can anyone help?
The σ-symbol doesn't exist in Helvetica, so you need to use the Symbol font. This is demonstrated in the StandardDeviation. See standard_deviation.pdf:
This is how it's done: