Hi,

I want to insert text into a PDF using a specified font.

I have used your example code at:
https://forum.patagames....t236-Saving-a-TextObject
to insert text into a page and it works perfectly.

However, if I specify a font, say 'Courier' by editing the initialisation of the 'LOGFONT' to include 'lfFaceName', thus:

LOGFONT lf = new LOGFONT() {
...
lfFaceName = "Courier"
};

Then it fails to use the specified font. In the PDF, the created font dictionary has an entry 'BaseFont' with value '????'.

Although 'lfFaceName' is a C# string, the documentation suggests it should have a terminating null (ie. a C-type string). But it still fails to work even if I change the assignment to:
lfFaceName = "Courier\0"

What is the correct way to specify a font in 'LOGFONT'?

Also, would a correct font dictionary be created if the specified font was of Subtype 'Type0' with Encoding 'Identity-H' (ie. a composite font composed of glyphs from a descendant CIDFont)?

Finally, when adding text in this manner, is it possible to insert an embedded composite font with subsetting?

Many thanks for your help.

That’s great – many thanks Paul for your usual fast and helpful response.

I’ll test the new release later today and see if it can handle fonts other than simple Type 1 fonts!

Terry.