<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE>SetFont</TITLE> <LINK TYPE="text/css" REL="stylesheet" HREF="../fpdf.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <H2>SetFont</H2> <TT>SetFont(<B>string</B> family [, <B>string</B> style [, <B>float</B> size]])</TT> <H4 CLASS='st'>Version</H4> 1.0 <H4 CLASS='st'>Description</H4> Sets the font used to print character strings. It is mandatory to call this method at least once before printing text or the resulting document would not be valid. <BR> The font can be either a standard one or a font added via the AddFont() method. Standard fonts use Windows encoding cp1252 (Western Europe). <BR> The method can be called before the first page is created and the font is retained from page to page. <BR> If you just wish to change the current font size, it is simpler to call SetFontSize(). <BR> <BR> <B>Note: </B>for the standard fonts, the font metric files must be accessible. There are three possibilities for this: <BR> <BR> <UL> <LI>They are in the current directory (the one where the running script lies) <BR> <LI>They are in one of the directories defined by the <TT>include_path</TT> parameter <BR> <LI>They are in the directory defined by the <TT>FPDF_FONTPATH</TT> constant </UL> Example for the last case (note the trailing slash): <BR> <BR> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"><TR><TD> <TT> define('FPDF_FONTPATH','/home/www/font/');<BR> require('fpdf.php'); </TT> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> If the file corresponding to the requested font is not found, the error "Could not include font metric file" is generated. <H4 CLASS='st'>Parameters</H4> <TT><U>family</U></TT> <BLOCKQUOTE> Family font. It can be either a name defined by AddFont() or one of the standard families (case insensitive): <UL> <LI><TT>Courier</TT> (fixed-width) <LI><TT>Helvetica<TT> or </TT>Arial</TT> (synonymous; sans serif) <LI><TT>Times</TT> (serif) <LI><TT>Symbol</TT> (symbolic) <LI><TT>ZapfDingbats</TT> (symbolic) </UL> It is also possible to pass an empty string. In that case, the current family is retained. </BLOCKQUOTE> <TT><U>style</U></TT> <BLOCKQUOTE> Font style. Possible values are (case insensitive): <UL> <LI>empty string: regular <LI><TT>B</TT>: bold <LI><TT>I</TT>: italic <LI><TT>U</TT>: underline </UL> or any combination. The default value is regular. Bold and italic styles do not apply to <TT>Symbol</TT> and <TT>ZapfDingbats</TT>. </BLOCKQUOTE> <TT><U>size</U></TT> <BLOCKQUOTE> Font size in points. <BR> The default value is the current size. If no size has been specified since the beginning of the document, the value taken is 12. </BLOCKQUOTE> <H4 CLASS='st'>Example</H4> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"><TR><TD> <TT> //Times regular 12<BR> $pdf->SetFont('Times');<BR> //Arial bold 14<BR> $pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',14);<BR> //Removes bold<BR> $pdf->SetFont('');<BR> //Times bold, italic and underlined 14<BR> $pdf->SetFont('Times','BIU'); </TT> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <H4 CLASS='st'>See also</H4> <A HREF="addfont.htm">AddFont()</A>, <A HREF="setfontsize.htm">SetFontSize()</A>, <A HREF="cell.htm">Cell()</A>, <A HREF="multicell.htm">MultiCell()</A>, <A HREF="write.htm">Write()</A>. <H6></H6> <HR> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="index.htm">Index</A></DIV> </BODY> </HTML>