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DynaPDF.SetFont

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

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. With version 12.0 or newer, this can be passed as text.	3
Size	Font size in points.	12
Embed	Whether to embed font in PDF. Can be 1 to embed or 0 to not embed. Default is 1.	1
CodePage	The code page to use. 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. Default is unicode since v12.3, but was 1252 for Windows ANSI before.	"Unicode"

Result

Returns font handle or error message.

Description

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")

Set font variants with style as text:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.AppendPage"; $pdf) ]
Set Variable [ $fontName ; Value: "Avenir Next Condensed" ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFillColor"; $pdf; 0; 0; 0) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; ""; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 500; "Normal text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; "bold"; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 450; "Bold text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; "italic"; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 400; "Italic text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; "condensed"; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 350; "Condensed text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; "condensed bold"; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 300; "Condensed bold text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.EndPage"; $pdf) ]

Set font variants with style as numbers:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.AppendPage"; $pdf) ]
Set Variable [ $fontName ; Value: "Avenir Next Condensed" ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFillColor"; $pdf; 0; 0; 0) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; 0; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 500; "Normal text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; 2; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 450; "Bold text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; 1; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 400; "Italic text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; 1792; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 350; "Condensed text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; $fontName; 1792 + 2; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; 300; "Condensed bold text") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.EndPage"; $pdf) ]

See also

• DynaPDF.SetBBox
• DynaPDF.SetContent
• DynaPDF.SetTextRect
• DynaPDF.SetUseStdFonts
• DynaPDF.SetUseSystemFonts
• DynaPDF.Table.SetFont
• DynaPDF.WebLink
• DynaPDF.WriteFText
• DynaPDF.WriteStyledTextEx
• DynaPDF.WriteText

Release notes

• Version 12.3
  • Changed DynaPDF.SetFont, DynaPDF.SetFieldFont, DynaPDF.SetFontEx and DynaPDF.Table.SetFont to use unicode as default code page.
• Version 12.0
  • Changed DynaPDF.SetFont, DynaPDF.Table.SetFont, DynaPDF.SetFontEx, DynaPDF.ChangeFontEx, DynaPDF.SetFieldFont and DynaPDF.SetBookmarkStyle functions to accept styles as text.

Example Databases

• Barcode/DynaPDF Barcode
• DynaPDF/Add Page Numbers
• DynaPDF/Catalog with tables
• DynaPDF/Create DeviceN ColorSpace
• DynaPDF/Create Text as PDFA
• DynaPDF/Highlight Text
• DynaPDF/Place Picture
• DynaPDF/Replace Text
• DynaPDF/Shrink PDF pages
• DynaPDF/WriteFText

Blog Entries

• Add page links for FileMaker
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 12.3pr1
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.6pr2
• New in MBS FileMaker Plugin 11.2

This function checks for a paid license.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 17th May 2022

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