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PDF::API3 and the Courier font

by talexb (Canon)
on Oct 30, 2012 at 14:14 UTC ( #1001511=perlquestion: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??
talexb has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm trying to use the regular Courier font with the PDF::API3 package, but when I run this script, all I get is Courier-Oblique. The other fonts more or less work fine, but I'd really like to get a proper, ordinary monospace font. 

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
#  Test PDF::API3 for use with open source license files.

use strict;
use warnings;

my $outputPDF = 'test.pdf';

use PDF::API3::Compat::API2;

{
    my $pdf = PDF::API3::Compat::API2->new( -file => $outputPDF );
    defined $pdf or die "Unable to create PDF file $outputPDF";

    my $page    = $pdf->page();
    my $content = $page->text();

    my ( $x, $y ) = ( 72, 720 );
    for my $fontName (
        qw[
        trebuchet trebuchetbold    trebuchetitalic
        trebuchetbolditalic bankgothic
        courier courierbold courierboldoblique courieroblique
        couriernew couriernewbold 
        georgia georgiabold georgiabolditalic georgiaitalic
        helveticaboldoblique helveticaoblique helveticabold helvetica
        symbol
        timesbolditalic timesitalic timesroman timesbold
        verdana verdanabold verdanabolditalic verdanaitalic
        webdings
        wingdings
        zapfdingbats
        ]
      )
    {
        my $font = $pdf->corefont($fontName);
        $content->font( $font, 10 );
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text(
          'This is the first line I have written using this module' );
        $y -= 12;
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text("in quite a while. ($fontName)");
        $y -= 12;
    }
    $pdf->save;
}

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Also, I notice that PDF::API3 has bugs that are 2-4 years old -- does this mean that this module isn't under active development any more?

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

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Re: PDF::API3 and the Courier font
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Oct 30, 2012 at 14:58 UTC
    I believe that you're experiencing a capitalization problem. I would write the font names like this: 
    #!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use PDF::API3::Compat::API2;
use PDF::API3::Compat::API2::Util;

my $outputPDF = 'test.pdf';
{
    my $pdf = PDF::API3::Compat::API2->new( -file => $outputPDF );
    defined $pdf or die "Unable to create PDF file $outputPDF";

    my $page    = $pdf->page();
    my $content = $page->text();

    my ( $x, $y ) = ( 72, 720 );
    foreach my $fontName (
        qw[
        trebuchet trebuchetbold    trebuchetitalic
        trebuchetbolditalic bankgothic
        Courier Courier-Bold Courier-BoldOblique Courier-Oblique
        Courier-New Courier-NewBold 
        georgia georgiabold georgiabolditalic georgiaitalic
        Helvetica-BoldOblique Helvetica-Oblique Helvetica-Bold Helveti
+ca
        Symbol
        Times-BoldItalic Times-Italic Times-Roman Times-Bold
        verdana verdanabold verdanabolditalic verdanaitalic
        webdings
        wingdings
        zapfdingbats
        ]
      )
    {
        my $font = $pdf->corefont($fontName);
        $content->font( $font, 10 );
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text(
          'This is the first line I have written using this module' );
        $y -= 12;
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text("in quite a while. ($fontName)");
        $y -= 12;
    }
    $pdf->save;
}

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        I believe that you're experiencing a capitalization problem.

      Thanks for the suggestion -- that's one of the things I tried already. I tried it again, and no dice.

      I also tried putting a dash after 'Courier' -- all of these changes provide me with nothing but Courier Oblique. 

      #!/usr/bin/perl
#
#  Test PDF::API3 for use with open source license files.

use strict;
use warnings;

my $outputPDF = 'test.pdf';

use PDF::API3::Compat::API2;

{
    my $pdf = PDF::API3::Compat::API2->new( -file => $outputPDF );
    defined $pdf or die "Unable to create PDF file $outputPDF";

    my $page    = $pdf->page();
    my $content = $page->text();

    my ( $x, $y ) = ( 72, 720 );
    for my $fontName (
        qw[
        courier courierbold courierboldoblique courieroblique
        Courier CourierBold CourierBoldOblique CourierOblique
        courier courier-bold courier-boldoblique courier-oblique
        Courier Courier-Bold Courier-BoldOblique Courier-Oblique
        ]
      )
    {
        my $font = $pdf->corefont($fontName);
        $content->font( $font, 10 );
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text(
          'This is the first line I have written using this module' );
        $y -= 12;
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text("in quite a while. ($fontName)");
        $y -= 12;
    }
    $pdf->save;
}

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      Alex / talexb / Toronto

      "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

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