SetFont

Description

• The directory defined by the FPDF_FONTPATH constant (if this constant is defined)
• The font directory located in the directory containing fpdf.php (if it exists)
• The directories accessible through include()

define('FPDF_FONTPATH','/home/www/font/');
require('fpdf.php');

Parameters

family

Family font. It can be either a name defined by AddFont() or one of the standard families (case insensitive):

• Courier (fixed-width)
• Helvetica or Arial (synonymous; sans serif)
• Times (serif)
• Symbol (symbolic)
• ZapfDingbats (symbolic)

It is also possible to pass an empty string. In that case, the current family is retained.

style

Font style. Possible values are (case insensitive):

• empty string: regular
• B: bold
• I: italic
• U: underline

or any combination. The default value is regular. Bold and italic styles do not apply to Symbol and ZapfDingbats.

size

Font size in points.
The default value is the current size. If no size has been specified since the beginning of the document, the value taken is 12.

Example

//Times regular 12
$pdf->SetFont('Times');
//Arial bold 14
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',14);
//Removes bold
$pdf->SetFont('');
//Times bold, italic and underlined 14
$pdf->SetFont('Times','BIU');

See also