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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 | iOS SDK |
DynaPDF | 3.1 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. | ||
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
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")
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.SetUseStdFonts
- DynaPDF.SetUseSystemFonts
- DynaPDF.Table.SetFont
- DynaPDF.TestGlyphs
- DynaPDF.WriteFText
- DynaPDF.WriteFTextEx
- 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/Bookmarks
- DynaPDF/Catalog with tables
- DynaPDF/Create DeviceN ColorSpace
- DynaPDF/Create PDF with Bezier Curves
- DynaPDF/Create Text as PDFA
- DynaPDF/Highlight Text
- DynaPDF/Multi Column Output
- DynaPDF/ZUGFeRD 2.0/ZUGFeRD 2.0 Invoice
- OCR/OCR with DynaPDF
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FileMaker Magazin
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 17th May 2022
