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cpdf_set_char_spacing

Name

cpdf_set_char_spacing —

Synopsis

bool cpdf_set_char_spacing(pdfdoc, space); resource pdfdoc: PDF document identifier double space: Character spacing

Returns

TRUE on success or FALSE on error

Description

Sets spacing between individual characters in a string.

Version

Since versions 3.0.8 and 4.0

Example

Example 151. Set character spacing

// start a PDF document
$cpdf = cpdf_open(0, "test.pdf");

// create a 600x400 page
cpdf_page_init($cpdf, 1, 0, 600, 400, 1);

// start text drawing
cpdf_begin_text($cpdf);
cpdf_set_font($cpdf, "Helvetica", 15, "WinAnsiEncoding");
cpdf_text($cpdf, "Normal", 10, 550);

// widen text spacing
cpdf_set_char_spacing($cpdf, 1.5);
cpdf_text($cpdf, "Wide", 10, 500);

// widen text spacing again
cpdf_set_char_spacing($cpdf, 2);
cpdf_text($cpdf, "Wider", 10, 450);

// finish text drawing
cpdf_end_text($cpdf);

// close and write document
cpdf_finalize($cpdf);
cpdf_close($cpdf);

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