Namespace TallComponents.PDF.Layout.Fonts

Class Font

A font is used to typeset text.

There are 14 standard fonts available in PDF or you can load a TrueType font (Professional edition only).

C# // Internal fonts myFragment.Font = Font.Helvetica; // TrueType fonts Font arialBold = Font.TrueType( @"c:\windows\fonts\ARIALBD.TTF" ); myFragment.Font = arialBold; // TrueType fonts can also be constructed through the Path property Font arialBold = new Font(); arialBold.Path = @"c:\windows\fonts\ARIALBD.TTF"; myFragment.Font = arialBold; XML <paragraph type="textparagraph"> <fragment font="Helvetica">Helvetica is a built-in PDF Font.</fragment> <fragment font="c:\windows\fonts\ARIALBD.TTF">Arial is a TrueType Font.</fragment> </paragraph>

Syntax

public class Font : Object

Constructors

Font()
Creates a new font object.

Properties

Font Courier
Get standard PDF font Courier.
Font CourierBold
Get standard PDF font Courier bold.
Font CourierBoldOblique
Get standard PDF font Courier bold oblique.
Font CourierOblique
Get standard PDF font Courier oblique.
Double Height
The height of this font at a font size of 1 pt. Multiply the height with the font size to get the height in points.
Font Helvetica
Get standard PDF font Helvetica.
Font HelveticaBold
Get standard PDF font Helvetica bold.
Font HelveticaBoldOblique
Get standard PDF font Helvetica bold oblique.
Font HelveticaOblique
Get standard PDF font Helvetica oblique.
FontLicensingRights LicensingRights
Font licensing rights.
String Name
The name of the font.
String Path
The path of the TrueType file of this font.
Font Symbol
Get standard PDF font Symbol.
Font TimesBold
Get standard PDF font TimesRoman bold.
Font TimesBoldItalic
Get standard PDF font TimesRoman bold italic.
Font TimesItalic
Get standard PDF font TimesRoman italic.
Font TimesRoman
Get standard PDF font TimesRoman.
Font ZapfDingbats
Get standard PDF font ZapfDingbats.

Methods

Void AddToSubset(Char[])
Add characters to the embedded subset.
Double CalculateLength(String)
Calculate the length of given text. Multiply the result with the font size to get the length in points.
Boolean Equals(Object)
Determines whether an object is equal to the current object.
Int32 GetHashCode()
Returns the hash code of the current object.
String[] GetTrueTypeFontNames(String)
Retrieve the names of all TrueType files inside a TrueType collection file.
Font Parse(String)
For internal use only.
Font TrueType(Stream)
Get a TrueType font from a stream.
Font TrueType(Stream,String)
Get a TrueType font from a TrueType collection stream.
Font TrueType(String)
Get a TrueType font from file.
Font TrueType(String,String)
Get a TrueType font from a TrueType collection (.TTC) file.