DynaPDF.SetFont

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

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
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: UltraCondensed, ExtraCondensed, SemiCondensed, Condensed, SemiExpanded, ExtraExpanded, UltraExpanded, Expanded, ExtraBold, DemiBold, Bold, UltraBlack, Black, Normal, Italic, Underlined, Striked, VerticalMode, Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, DoubleUnderlined.	3	Optional
Size	Font size in points.	12	Optional
Embed	Whether to embed font in PDF. Can be 1 to embed or 0 to not embed. Default is 1.	1	Optional
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"	Optional

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.SetAltFonts
• DynaPDF.SetBBox
• DynaPDF.SetFontEx
• DynaPDF.SetUseStdFonts
• DynaPDF.SetUseSystemFonts
• DynaPDF.TestGlyphs
• DynaPDF.WriteFTextEx
• DynaPDF.WriteStyledText
• 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/Create DeviceN ColorSpace
• DynaPDF/Create Text as PDFA
• DynaPDF/Highlight Text
• DynaPDF/Live Styled Text
• DynaPDF/PDF Library
• DynaPDF/Watermark pages
• DynaPDF/ZUGFeRD 2.0/Factur-X Invoice
• DynaPDF/ZUGFeRD 2.0/ZUGFeRD 2.0 Invoice

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 3th May 2024

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