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How to use standard built-in fonts for text in PDF document using Bytescout.PDF library for .NET

Using standard fonts for text in PDF documents

This example demonstrates how to use built-in "standard" fonts for text in PDF

If you need to use another font then you can load font using its name (if font is installed in system) or TTF font file

Text in PDF document using built-in standard fonts



Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_fonts.zip (5 KB)

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using Bytescout.PDF;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace HelloWorld

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

// Create main PDF Doc Engine

PDFDocEngine engine = new PDFDocEngine("", "");

// Add new document

Document document = engine.AddDocument();

// Append new page to the document

Page page = document.AddPage(PageSizeType.A3, PageOrientationType.LandScape);

// Create new drawing

Drawing drawing = page.AddDrawing();

// font size constant

const int fontSize = 50;

// Create array with font types

StandardFontType[] fontTypes = new StandardFontType[] {

StandardFontType.Courier,

StandardFontType.CourierBold,

StandardFontType.CourierBoldOblique,

StandardFontType.Helvetica,

StandardFontType.HelveticaBold,

StandardFontType.HelveticaBoldOblique,

StandardFontType.HelveticaOblique,

StandardFontType.TimesBold,

StandardFontType.TimesBoldItalic,

StandardFontType.TimesItalic,

StandardFontType.TimesRoman

};

// X position of the text to draw

int textX = 10;

// Y position of the text to draw

int textY = 50;

// Draw all font types

foreach (StandardFontType fontType in fontTypes)

{

// Add standard font

uint font = document.AddFontStandard(fontType, FontEncodingType.WinAnsi);

// Set Active Font

drawing.SetActiveFont(font, fontSize, false, false);

// Draw Text

drawing.PlaceText(textX, textY, 0, fontType.ToString());

// Increase position of the next text

textY += fontSize + 20;

}



// Save document

document.Save("Fonts.pdf");

// open generated PDF document in default PDF viewer installed in Windows

Process.Start("Fonts.pdf");

}

}

}

Download example source code: bytescoutpdf_fonts.zip (5 KB)

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