Re: Embed fonts in PDF

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hi!

mike.xtinction wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've just recently started using PDF::API2, to create a report
> generation mechanism, and despite the excruciatingly sparse
> documentation (pointers in this regard would be very appreciated),
> I've managed to overcome most of the obstacles. The last remaining
> itch concerns font embedding. So far I've been using only Corefonts,
> but it was requested to use another TTF font. I've got the *.ttf file,
> and wanted to embed it in the PDF, in a manner that the readers need
> not have that font in their systems. I tried the following approaches:
> 
> PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::TrueType->new_api($pdf,FONT_PATH.'ItRo____.ttf')
> $pdf->ttfont(''.FONT_PATH.'ItRo____.ttf'),

the right method to use is:

$font = $pdf->ttfont(''.FONT_PATH.'ItRo____.ttf');

this will embed the font for you.

> Both of them throw a bunch of warning like this:
> 
> Argument "X" isn't numeric in array element at
...
> 
> (in both cases it goes on with the rest of alphabet letters...)
> I'm using PDF::API2 version 0.57-1.

the warnings you see are caused by a bug that has already been fixed
in a later version.

try upgrading to the latest (and greatest) cpan version.


C

fredo
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