NAME

PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::CoreFont - Module for using the 14 PDF built-in Fonts.

SYNOPSIS

#
use PDF::Builder;
#
$pdf = PDF::Builder->new();
$cft = $pdf->corefont('Times-Roman');
#

METHODS

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

$font = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::CoreFont->new($pdf, $fontname)

Returns a corefont object.

Valid %options are:

-encode ... changes the encoding of the font from its default. See perl's 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 $pdfname=$font-name()>.

PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::CoreFont->loadallfonts()

"Requires in" all fonts available as corefonts.

SUPPORTED FONTS

PDF::Builder::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::Builder::CoreFont supports the following 'Windows Fonts':

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

AUTHOR

Alfred Reibenschuh