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

Name	Type	Description	Required
name	string	The font type (name).	No.
size	integer	The size of the font.	No.
colorCMYK	array	The CMYK color.	No.
colorRGB	array	The RGB color.	No.
justification	string	The text alignment.	No.

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.