PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont
IPDFDocument3 :: PDF page methods

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This method sets the new font and its attributes for text output.

Syntax

HRESULT PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont (
BSTR fontName,
VARIANT_BOOL fontStyleBold,
VARIANT_BOOL fontStyleItalic,
VARIANT_BOOL fontStyleUnderline,
VARIANT_BOOL fontStyleStrikeOut,
DOUBLE fontSize,
TxFontCharset fontCharset
)
Parameters
fontName
Name of a TrueType, Type1, CJK font, or one of the Standard Adobe Base14 fonts.

fontStyleBold
Specifies a bold font if set to VARIANT_TRUE

fontStyleItalic
Specifies an italic font if set to VARIANT_TRUE

fontStyleUnderline
Specifies an underlined font if set to VARIANT_TRUE

fontStyleStrikeOut
Specifies a strikeout font if set to VARIANT_TRUE

fontSize
Font size in points

fontCharset
Font character set.

Return value
If successful, this method returns S_OK. If it fails, this method should return one of the error values.

Remarks

This procedure sets the active font for text operations. fontName is the name of a TrueType, Type1, or Standard Adobe Base14 font or the value returned from methods AddTTFFontFromFile, AddTTFFontFromFile2, AddType1FontFromFile. For CJK fonts, you can use both ANSI and unicode font names.

For symbolic fonts, such as "Symbol", "ZapfDingbats" (Type1), or "Marlett" (TrueType), it is strongly recommended that you set fontCharset = charsetDEFAULT_charset, to guarantee that the text will display correctly.

Equivalent in new interface: IPDFDocument4::UseFont.

Example

How to Set the Active Font

Delphi
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{ PDF object is supposed to be created }
PDF.BeginDoc;
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont('Helvetica', false, false, false, false, 16.0, 0);
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 20, 0.0, 'Helvetica Font.');
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont('Courier', false, false, false, false, 16.0, 0);
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 40, 0.0, 'Courier Font.');
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont('Times New Roman', false, false, false, false, 16.0, 0);
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 60, 0.0, 'Times New Roman Font.');
PDF.EndDoc;
C/C++
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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF->BeginDoc();
PDF->PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont("Helvetica", FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, 16.0, 0);
PDF->PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 20, 0.0, "Helvetica Font.");
PDF->PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont("Courier", FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, 16.0, 0);
PDF->PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 40, 0.0, "Courier Font.");
PDF->PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont("Times New Roman", FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, 16.0, 0);
PDF->PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 60, 0.0, "Times New Roman Font.");
PDF->EndDoc();
C#
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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.BeginDoc();
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont("Helvetica", false, false, false, false, 16.0, 0);
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 20, 0.0, "Helvetica Font.");
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont("Courier", false, false, false, false, 16.0, 0);
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 40, 0.0, "Courier Font.");
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont("Times New Roman", false, false, false, false, 16.0, 0);
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut(20, 60, 0.0, "Times New Roman Font.");
PDF.EndDoc();
Visual Basic
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' PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.BeginDoc
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont "Helvetica", False, False, False, False, 16.0, 0
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut 20, 20, 0.0, "Helvetica Font."
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont "Courier", False, False, False, False, 16.0, 0
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut 20, 40, 0.0, "Courier Font."
PDF.PDFPAGE_SetActiveFont "Times New Roman", False, False, False, False, 16.0, 0
PDF.PDFPAGE_TextOut 20, 60, 0.0, "Times New Roman Font."
PDF.EndDoc

See Also

Reference
PDF page methods