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+/*
+ * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
+ * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37991675
+ */
+package sandbox.fonts;
+
+import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;
+import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
+import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
+import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
+import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
+import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import sandbox.WrapToTest;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
+ */
+@WrapToTest
+public class TickboxCharacter {
+    public static final String DEST = "results/fonts/tickbox_character.pdf";
+    
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
+        File file = new File(DEST);
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        new TickboxCharacter().createPdf(DEST);
+    }
+    
+    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
+        Document document = new Document();
+        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
+        document.open();
+        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("This is a tick box character: ");
+        Font zapfdingbats = new Font(Font.FontFamily.ZAPFDINGBATS, 14);
+        Chunk chunk = new Chunk("o", zapfdingbats);
+        p.add(chunk);
+        document.add(p);
+        document.close();
+    }
+}