PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont3pm
Module for using the 14 standard pdf fonts.
Usage
my $pdf = PDF::API2->new();my $font = $pdf->font('Times-Roman');my $page = $pdf->page();my $text = $page->text();$text->font($font, 20);$text->translate(200, 700);$text->text('Hello world!');$pdf->save('/path/to/new.pdf');
Standard fonts
The following fourteen fonts are available in all PDF readers that conform to the PDF specification:
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Courier |
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Courier-Bold |
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Courier-BoldOblique |
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Courier-Oblique |
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Helvetica |
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Helvetica-Bold |
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Helvetica-BoldOblique |
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Helvetica-Oblique |
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Symbol |
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Times-Bold |
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Times-BoldItalic |
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Times-Italic |
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Times-Roman |
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ZapfDingbats |
These fonts (except Symbol and ZapfDingbats) include glyphs for ASCII and certain Latin characters only. If other characters are needed, you will need to embed a font file.
Methods
is_standard
my $boolean = PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont->is_standard($name);Returns true if $name is an exact, case-sensitive match for one of the standard font names shown above.
names
my @font_names = PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont->list();my $array_ref = PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont->list();
Returns an array or a reference to an array containing the names of the built-in core (standard) fonts.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.