set_font

Summary

Changes the default font.

Usage

pdf(set_font, hash( [ name,          font_name, ]
                    [ size,          font_size, ]
                    [ colorCMYK,     cmyk_color,]
                    [ colorRGB,      rgb_color, ]
                    [ justification, text_justification ] ) )

Parameters

Description

This function makes it possible to change the default/current font and the text color, style, etc. The following list shows the fonts that can be used.

• Courier-Bold
• Courier-BoldOblique
• Courier-Oblique
• Courier
• Helvetica-Bold
• Helvetica-BoldOblique
• Helvetica-Oblique
• Helvetic
• Symbol
• Times-Bold
• Times-BoldItalic
• Times-Italic
• Times-Roman

Either the "colorRGB" or the "colorCMYK" parameter can be used to specify the font color. The "colorRGB" parameter must be an array consisting of three integers between 0 and 255. The "colorCMYK" parameter must be an array of four decimal values between 0 and 1.

The justification parameter controls the text alignment, it can be:

• left
• right
• center
• full

Examples

Example 1

{pdf( 'set_font', hash( 'name', 'Times-Roman', 'size', 12 ) )}

{pdf( 'text', 'Hello world'|wash( 'pdf' ) )}

{pdf( 'new_line' )}
{pdf( 'new_line' )}
{pdf( 'set_font', hash( 'name', 'Times-Italic',
                        'size', 10,
                        'justification', 'full',
                        'colorRGB', array( 255, 255, 128 ) ) )}

{pdf( 'text', 'Example'|wash( 'pdf' ) )}

This example demonstrates how to change the default font type, size, style, and color.