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DynaPDF.SetFont

The function loads a font that can be used for text output and interactive form fields.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server FileMaker iOS SDK
DynaPDF 3.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MBS( "DynaPDF.SetFont"; PDF; Name; Style; Size; Embed; CodePage )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf
Name Font name for new font to set or empty text to deactivate current font. "Arial"
Style Font style value.
Can be a combination of values 1 for italic, 2 for bold, 4 for underlined and 8 for striked.		 3
Size Font size in points. 12
Embed Whether to embed font in PDF. Can be 1 to embed or 0 to not embed. 1
CodePage The code page to use. Default is 1252 for Windows ANSI. Code page can be 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 8859-2, 8859-3, 8859-4, 8859-5, 8859-6, 8859-7, 8859-8, 8859-9, 8859-10, 8859-13, 8859-14, 8859-15, 8859-16, Symbol, 437, 737, 775, 850, 852, 855, 857, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 869, 874, Unicode "Unicode"

Result

Returns font handle or error message.

Description

The function loads a font that can be used for text output and interactive form fields.

See also SetFont function in DynaPDF manual.

Examples

Sets a font:

MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; "Zapf Dingbats"; 0; 12)

Sets italic font:

MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; "Times"; 1; 40; 1; "unicode")

See also

Example Databases

FileMaker Magazin

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 1st December 2020


DynaPDF.SetFloatPrecision   -   DynaPDF.SetFontEx

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