Selecting Fonts for DrawText... Functions.

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   Does anyone know how to select an existing embedded font?  I have a PDF that already has about 13 fonts embedded in it and I need to select a particular one before using the DrawWrappedText function.

I've seen samples where the fonts were added and the IDs remembered in the process and refered to later, but what about where the fonts are already embedded in the PDF.  How do you use them in writing new text to the PDF?  The SelectFont method requires that you already know the FontID of the desired font.  I need something like SelectFont("Arial").  Thanks.

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PhilG Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 02 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote PhilG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Selecting Fonts for DrawText... Functions. Posted: 18 Mar 07 at 3:10PM
	Does anyone know how to select an existing embedded font? I have a PDF that already has about 13 fonts embedded in it and I need to select a particular one before using the DrawWrappedText function. I've seen samples where the fonts were added and the IDs remembered in the process and refered to later, but what about where the fonts are already embedded in the PDF. How do you use them in writing new text to the PDF? The SelectFont method requires that you already know the FontID of the desired font. I need something like SelectFont("Arial"). Thanks.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 07 at 3:27PM
	Hi Phil! With FindFonts you can get the number of embedded fonts. In a loop now you can go through all found fonts with FontID -> SelectFont (with FontID) -> FontName. If the fontname is the one you want you can break the loop (SelectFont is already done) beginning with the DrawText-functions. Best regards, Ingo