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| 5 | <title>SetFont</title>
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| 8 | <body>
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| 9 | <h1>SetFont</h1>
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| 10 | <code>SetFont(<b>string</b> family [, <b>string</b> style [, <b>float</b> size]])</code>
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| 11 | <h2>Description</h2>
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| 12 | Sets the font used to print character strings. It is mandatory to call this method
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| 13 | at least once before printing text or the resulting document would not be valid.
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| 14 | <br>
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| 15 | The font can be either a standard one or a font added via the AddFont() method. Standard fonts
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| 16 | use Windows encoding cp1252 (Western Europe).
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| 17 | <br>
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| 18 | The method can be called before the first page is created and the font is retained from page
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| 19 | to page.
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| 20 | <br>
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| 21 | If you just wish to change the current font size, it is simpler to call SetFontSize().
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| 22 | <br>
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| 23 | <br>
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| 24 | <strong>Note:</strong> the font metric files must be accessible. They are searched successively in:
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| 25 | <ul>
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| 26 | <li>The directory defined by the <code>FPDF_FONTPATH</code> constant (if this constant is defined)</li>
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| 27 | <li>The <code>font</code> directory located in the directory containing <code>fpdf.php</code> (if it exists)</li>
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| 28 | <li>The directories accessible through <code>include()</code></li>
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| 29 | </ul>
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| 30 | Example defining <code>FPDF_FONTPATH</code> (note the mandatory trailing slash):
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| 31 | <div class="doc-source">
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| 32 | <pre><code>define('FPDF_FONTPATH','/home/www/font/');
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| 33 | require('fpdf.php');</code></pre>
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| 34 | </div>
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| 35 | If the file corresponding to the requested font is not found, the error "Could not include
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| 36 | font metric file" is issued.
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| 37 | <h2>Parameters</h2>
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| 38 | <dl class="param">
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| 39 | <dt><code>family</code></dt>
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| 40 | <dd>
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| 41 | Family font. It can be either a name defined by AddFont() or one of the standard families (case
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| 42 | insensitive):
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| 43 | <ul>
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| 44 | <li><code>Courier</code> (fixed-width)</li>
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| 45 | <li><code>Helvetica</code> or <code>Arial</code> (synonymous; sans serif)</li>
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| 46 | <li><code>Times</code> (serif)</li>
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| 47 | <li><code>Symbol</code> (symbolic)</li>
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| 48 | <li><code>ZapfDingbats</code> (symbolic)</li>
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| 49 | </ul>
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| 50 | It is also possible to pass an empty string. In that case, the current family is retained.
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| 51 | </dd>
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| 52 | <dt><code>style</code></dt>
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| 53 | <dd>
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| 54 | Font style. Possible values are (case insensitive):
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| 55 | <ul>
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| 56 | <li>empty string: regular</li>
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| 57 | <li><code>B</code>: bold</li>
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| 58 | <li><code>I</code>: italic</li>
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| 59 | <li><code>U</code>: underline</li>
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| 60 | </ul>
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| 61 | or any combination. The default value is regular.
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| 62 | Bold and italic styles do not apply to <code>Symbol</code> and <code>ZapfDingbats</code>.
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| 63 | </dd>
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| 64 | <dt><code>size</code></dt>
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| 65 | <dd>
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| 66 | Font size in points.
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| 67 | <br>
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| 68 | The default value is the current size. If no size has been specified since the beginning of
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| 69 | the document, the value taken is 12.
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| 70 | </dd>
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| 71 | </dl>
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| 72 | <h2>Example</h2>
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| 73 | <div class="doc-source">
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| 74 | <pre><code>//Times regular 12
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| 75 | $pdf->SetFont('Times');
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| 76 | //Arial bold 14
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| 77 | $pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',14);
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| 78 | //Removes bold
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| 79 | $pdf->SetFont('');
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| 80 | //Times bold, italic and underlined 14
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| 81 | $pdf->SetFont('Times','BIU');</code></pre>
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| 82 | </div>
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| 83 | <h2>See also</h2>
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| 84 | <a href="addfont.htm">AddFont()</a>,
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| 85 | <a href="setfontsize.htm">SetFontSize()</a>,
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| 86 | <a href="cell.htm">Cell()</a>,
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| 87 | <a href="multicell.htm">MultiCell()</a>,
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| 88 | <a href="write.htm">Write()</a>.
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