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Name

pdf_findfont — Prepares the font fontname for later use with pdf_setfont()

Synopsis

int pdf_findfont(pdf, fontname, encoding[, embed]); resource pdf: PDF object identifier string fontname: Font name string encoding: Encoding type int embed (optional): Emedding flag

Returns

Font identifier or FALSE on error

Description

Loads a font for later use. This can be either an Returns a font identifier which is passed pdf_setfont() for use.

If embed is set to a non-zero value, the font file will be checked but not used.

encoding can be one of the types listed in the table below or either a custom font map or CMAP for foreign characters. See the PDFlib documentation for more information on custom and foreign language font encodings.

`winansi`	Windows code page 1252,a superset of ISO 8859-1
`macroman`	Mac Roman encoding,i.e.,the default Macintosh character set
`ebcdic`	EBCDIC code page 1047 as used on IBM AS/400 and S/3 0 systems
`builtin`	Original encoding used by non-text (symbol)or non-Latin text fonts
`host`	macroman on the Mac,ebcdic on EBCDIC-based systems,and winansi on all others

Version

Since version 4.0.5

Example

Example 936. Load and use two fonts

<?php

// create new document
$pdf = pdf_new();
pdf_open_file($pdf);
pdf_begin_page($pdf, 500, 700);

// load first font
$fontone = pdf_findfont($pdf, "Courier", "host", 0);
pdf_setfont($pdf, $fontone, 20);
pdf_show_xy($pdf, "Hello World", 50, 650);

// load second font
$fonttwo = pdf_findfont($pdf, "Helvetica-Bold", "host", 0);
pdf_setfont($pdf, $fonttwo, 20);
pdf_show_xy($pdf, "Goodbye Cruel World", 50, 450);

pdf_end_page($pdf);
pdf_close($pdf);
    
// output the document
$data = pdf_get_buffer($pdf);
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-disposition: inline; filename=test.pdf");
header("Content-length: " . strlen($data));
echo $data;
?>

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