I'm creating magento extension for pdf generating. I need to use Verdana Bold,Verdana Reg... fonts to my pdf file which generated using Zend_Pdf. Anyone can explain how to use the proper path for accessing TTF type fonts.
for this first you should upload desired font files into a directory best place to upload a font is inside lib folder so in this demonstration I will use create directory inside lib folder called customfonts and upload my font file there
Now call it on desired php file (ex: inside Shipment.php) and use it like below
$chevinFontBold = Zend_Pdf_Font::fontWithPath(Mage::getBaseDir() . '/lib/customfonts/chevin-bold.ttf');
$page->setFont($chevinFontBold, 8);
here 8 is the font size
//load font from file system
$font = Zend_Pdf_Font::fontWithPath("/path/to/myfont.ttf");
//add $font to page
$page->setFont($font, $fontSize);
Hope this helps
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I am using TCPDF library with CodeIgniter. How can I add Jameel Noori Nastaleeq fonts?
I have added Jameel_Noori_Nastaleeq.ttf font file under tcpdf\fonts folder, and included it like:
$fontname = $pdf->addTTFfont('/fonts/Jameel_Noori_Nastaleeq.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);
$pdf->SetFont('Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'BI', 20, '', 'false');
But it is not working. Anyone have an idea, how to include it?
I have applied jameel noori nastaleq font in my android studio app, it's working fine. I tried in this way:
set the name of the file without underscore(_) or dashes (-) with all small letters
don't use .ttf while giving a path of the font.
use this directory drawable/font
Hope this will help you.
I think problem is in path of your font. You must add font with full path. like
/home/username/public_html/...
try to upload your font in root path and locate it with this format.
/home/username/public_html/Jameel_Noori_Nastaleeq.ttf
Is better if you convert the font to ctg.z/z/php files. You can convert ttf fonts with http://fonts.palettize.me and then put uncompressed result in fonts folder into tcpdf class.
Then you can add it with $pdf->SetFont('jameelnoorinastaleeq', 'BI', 20);
I would like to add a custom font to a pdf I'm generating using TCPDF. I might be missing something but the docs seem to be out dated. They are referencing the addTTFfont() function but I think it's been deprecated and no longer exists in the latest version of TCPDF.
I read that I need to convert the ttf file and put it in the fonts folder so I ran:
php/tcpdf/tools/tcpdf_addfont.php -i php/font/rumpelstiltskin-webfont.ttf
and it generated these files which are now in the fonts folder:
rumpelstiltskinwebfont.ctg.z
rumpelstiltskinwebfont.z
rumpelstiltskinwebfont.php
Then I tried to add the font:
$pdf->addFont('rumpelstiltskin');
$pdf->SetFont('rumpelstiltskin', '', 14, '', false);
but I'm getting an error:
TCPDF ERROR: Could not include font definition file: rumpelstiltskin
I figured out my issue, I was almost there.
Here is a step by step:
First convert your font using the tcpdf_addfont.php tool font in the TCPDF tools folder:
php/tcpdf/tools/tcpdf_addfont.php -i php/font/rumpelstiltskin-webfont.ttf
This will generate the required files and put them in the TCPDF fonts folder. Check the fonts folder and copy the name of the font, in my case it was rumpelstiltskinwebfont.
In your code set the font using the font file's name and write a line of text:
$pdf->SetFont('rumpelstiltskinwebfont', '', 14, '', false);
$pdf->Write(0, 'Fill text', '', 0, '', true, 0, false, false, 0);
That's it. Hope this helps someone. :)
Got this answer in another question and resolved for me. You just need to use the first parameter, the path of the font file. Worked with TTF and OTF fonts.
It generates a name string to use with $pdf->SetFont($fontname, '', $font_size);
Hope it helps.
The latest TCPDF version automatically convert fonts into TCPDF format using the addTTFfont() method. For example:
// convert TTF font to TCPDF format and store it on the fonts folder
$fontname = TCPDF_FONTS::addTTFfont('/path-to-font/FreeSerifItalic.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 96);
// use the font
$pdf->SetFont($fontname, '', 14, '', false);
For further information and examples, please check the TCPDF Fonts documentation page.
NOTE: Once the font has been converted, TCPDF no longer requires the TTF file or the above call to addTTFfont()!
You can convert ttf fonts with http://fonts.palettize.me and then put uncompressed result in fonts folder into tcpdf class. Then you can add it with $pdf->SetFont('rumpelstiltskinwebfont', '', 14); using the name of the file
Since TCPDF (version 6.2.6) you can use TCPDF_FONTS::addTTFfont directly instead of AddFont.
TCPDF makes three files out of the ttf and puts them into the directory "font" of TCPDF. Once these have been created, they can be used for all future PDFs.
Example:
First (for simplicity) I created a folder in the font folder of TCPDF with the name of the new font, in my example "arialuni" and copied my ttf of this font into it.
If I want to create my font files in a single separate file that does not use Composer autoload, I have to include TCPDF once and also specify the correct path to my ttf.
require_once('vendor/tecnickcom/tcpdf/tcpdf.php');
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
$fontname = TCPDF_FONTS::addTTFfont('vendor/tecnickcom/tcpdf/fonts/arialuni/arialuni.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);
I am generating the PDF using TCPDF. The output I get is in Helvetica font but I want it in Frutiger. I have a frutiger.otf file.
I tried the following code
$fontname = $pdf->addTTFfont('Frutiger-45Light.otf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);
$pdf->SetFont($fontname);
I am getting an error: could not include font definition file. And I have googled many websites which didn't help.
You cannot use a URL as fontfile. It must be a path in the local filesystem.
If you need a font on a different server you first must download it yourself. Since fonts are static you should do this manually.
I'm using the TCPDF library to generate a PDF file with PHP. I want to use a custom font so I used the addTTFfont method to add my custom TrueType font files. The font I am trying to add is "Aller" from fontsquirrel.com
$aller = $pdf->addTTFfont($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/includes/fonts/Aller/Aller_Rg.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);
This created the files aller_rg.php, aller_rg.ctg.z, and aller_rg.z in my TCPDF fonts folder. The K_PATH_FONTS constant points to this directory. The addTTFfont method returns the string name of the font. It would return false if there was an error so the problem is probably not here..
I then tried to use the font
$pdf->SetFont($aller, '', 16); // or $pdf->SetFont('aller_rg', '', 16);
$pdf->Write(0,"abcdefg",'',0,'L',true,0,false,true,0);
The pdf is generated without any errors. When viewsed in the browser preview the font is clearly not aller but just a generic sans-serif.. When I open the pdf in Mac's Preview application the sections that are using the aller font are blank (no text displays).
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
Got it to work by using this tool
http://www.xml-convert.com/en/convert-tff-font-to-afm-pfa-fpdf-tcpdf
it generates a .php, .z, and .afm file that you put in the TCPDF fonts directory. I'm still not sure what the problem was. the addTTFfont() method doesn't create the .afm file so maybe that's it?
I had the same problem:
The TCPDF converted font did not display, but the one converted with the following link did:
http://www.xml-convert.com/en/convert-tff-font-to-afm-pfa-fpdf-tcpdf
So I compared the two and found out that xml-convert.com was using "TrueType" instead of "TrueTypeUnicode" as font type. For me it worked to change the argument to "TrueTypeUnicode". Try:
$aller = $pdf->addTTFfont($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/includes/fonts/Aller/Aller_Rg.ttf', 'TrueType', '', 32);
I want to put text over an image using GD.
When I use
ImageTTFText($image, $fontSize, $fontRotation, 7, 22, $colorShadow, 'arial.ttf', $str);
I get
Warning: imagettftext()
[function.imagettftext]: Could not
find/open font in
/home/index.php
on line 17
Can I get PHP or GD to return a list of all available fonts per my system?
Thanks
Update
... or do I need to upload myself all the fonts myself that I wish GD to have access to?
Replace "arial.ttf" with "./arial.ttf", because "arial.ttf" is an absolute path and you need a relative path. Read more on imagettftext here.
To answer your update, yes, you do need the font files in that directory. Here is a really cool site for finding fonts (like arial.ttf): http://www.1001freefonts.com/
Download a font file from there, put it in the folder of your script, and then replace "arial.ttf" with "./filename.ttf".
If you can use Imagemagick there is always that
The fonts can be anywhere,but you must specify the full path to arial.ttf.