NAME

       PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::CoreFont - Module for using the 14 standard PDF built-in Fonts (plus 15
       Windows Fonts)

       Inherits from PDF::Builder::Resource::Font

SYNOPSIS

           #
           use PDF::Builder;
           #
           my $pdf = PDF::Builder->new();
           my $cft = $pdf->font('Times-Roman');
          #my $cft = $pdf->corefont('Times-Roman');
           #
           my $page = $pdf->page();
           my $text = $page->text();
           $text->font($cft, 20);
           $text->translate(200, 700);
           $text->text("Hello, World!");

METHODS

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

           Returns a corefont object.

   Supported typefaces
       Standard PDF types

       See examples/020_corefonts for a list of each font's glyphs.

       •   helvetica, helveticaoblique, helveticabold, helvetiaboldoblique

           Sans-serif, may have Arial substituted on some systems (e.g., Windows).

       •   courier, courieroblique, courierbold, courierboldoblique

           Fixed pitch, may have Courier New substituted on some systems (e.g., Windows).

       •   timesroman, timesitalic, timesbold, timesbolditalic

           Serif, may have Times New Roman substituted on some systems (e.g., Windows).

       •   symbol, zapfdingbats

           Various symbols, including the Greek alphabet (in Symbol).

       Primarily Windows typefaces

       See examples/022_truefonts /Windows/Fonts/<name>.ttf for a list of each font's glyphs.

       •   georgia, georgiaitalic, georgiabold, georgiabolditalic

           Serif proportional.

       •   verdana, verdanaitalic, verdanabold, verdanabolditalic

           Sans-serif proportional with simple strokes.

       •   trebuchet, trebuchetitalic, trebuchetbold, trebuchetbolditalic

           Sans-serif proportional with simple strokes.

       •   bankgothic, bankgothicitalic, bankgothicbold, bankgothicitalic

           Sans-serif  proportional  with  simple  strokes.   Free versions of Bank Gothic are often only medium
           weight Roman (bankgothic).

       •   webdings, wingdings

           Various symbols, in the vein of Zapf Dingbats.

       Keep in mind that only font metrics (widths) are provided with PDF::Builder;  the  fonts  themselves  are
       provided by the reader's machine (often packaged with the operating system, or obtained separately by the
       user). To use a specific font may require you to obtain one or more files from some source.

       If  a  font  (typeface  and  variant) is not available on a given reader's machine, a substitution may be
       automatically made. For example, Helvetica is usually not shipped with Windows machines, and Arial  might
       be substituted.  For most characters, the glyph widths will be the same, but this can not be guaranteed!

       PDF::Builder  currently  uses  the  [typeface].pm  files  to  map glyph names to code points (single byte
       encodings only) and to look up the glyph widths for character positioning. There is no guarantee  that  a
       given font file includes all the desired glyphs, nor that the widths will be absolutely the same, even in
       different releases of the same font.

   Options
       encode
           Changes  the  encoding  of the font from its default. Notice that the encoding (not the entire font's
           glyph list) is shown in a PDF object (record), listing 256 glyphs associated with this encoding  (and
           that are available in this font).

           See  perl's  Encode  for  the  supported  values.  Warning: only single byte encodings are permitted.
           Multibyte encodings such as 'utf8' are forbidden.

       dokern
           Enables kerning if data is available.

           "kerning" is an older name for this option, and is still available as an alternative to "dokern".

       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().

       metrics
           If  given,  it  is  expected to be an anonymous hash of font file data. This is to be used instead of
           looking up the $fontname.pm file for width and other data. You may need to use this  option  if  your
           installed  font  happens  to  be  out  of synch with the PDF::Builder built-in core font metrics file
           (e.g., helveticabold.pm).

   is_standard
           $bool = $class->is_standard($name)

           Returns true if $name is an exact, case-sensitive match for one of  the  standard  font  names  shown
           above.

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

           "Requires in" all fonts available as corefonts.

AUTHOR

       Alfred Reibenschuh

perl v5.40.1                                       2025-08-10             PDF::Builder::R...:Font::CoreFont(3pm)