NAME

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont - Module for using the 14 PDF built-in fonts.

SYNOPSIS

use PDF::API2;
my $pdf = PDF::API2->new();
my $font = $pdf->corefont('Times-Roman');

METHODS

$font = PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont->new($pdf, $name, %options)

Returns a corefont object. Spaces and hyphens are ignored in the name, which is also case-insensitive.

Valid %options are:

-encode changes the encoding of the font from its default. See Encode for the supported values.

-pdfname changes the reference name of the font from its default. The reference name is normally generated automatically and can be retrieved via $name = $font-fontname()>.

SUPPORTED FONTS

PDF::API2::CoreFont supports the following Adobe core fonts:

Courier
Courier-Bold
Courier-BoldOblique
Courier-Oblique
Helvetica
Helvetica-Bold
Helvetica-BoldOblique
Helvetica-Oblique
Symbol
Times-Bold
Times-BoldItalic
Times-Italic
Times-Roman
ZapfDingbats

PDF::API2::CoreFont supports the following Windows fonts:

Georgia
Georgia,Bold
Georgia,BoldItalic
Georgia,Italic
Verdana
Verdana,Bold
Verdana,BoldItalic
Verdana,Italic
Webdings
Wingdings