// create a font mapper DefaultFontMapper mapper = new DefaultFontMapper(); // map MS Gothic to the corresponding font program BaseFontParameters parameters = new BaseFontParameters("c:/windows/fonts/msgothic.ttc,1"); parameters.encoding = BaseFont.IDENTITY_H; mapper.putName("MS PGothic", parameters ); // Create a Graphics2D object Graphics2D g2 = new PdfGraphics2D(canvas, 600, 60, mapper);