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Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) BranchPHP Versionmaster8.31.x8.2**Function:** ``` makeFont(string fontFile [, string encoding [, boolean embed [, boolean subset]]]) ``` **Parameters:** - `fontFile`: The path to the `.ttf`, `.otf` or `.pfb` file. - `encoding`: The name of the encoding to use. The default value is `cp1252`. - `embed`: Whether to embed the font or not. The default value is `true`. - `subset`: Whether to subset the font or not. The default value is `true`. The first parameter is the name of the font file. The extension must be either `.ttf`, `.otf` or `.pfb` and determines the font type. If your Type1 font is in ASCII format (`.pfa`), you can convert it to binary (`.pfb`) with the help of [Type 1 utilities](http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/#t1utils). For Type1 fonts, the corresponding `.afm` file must be present in the same directory. The encoding defines the association between a code (from 0 to 255) and a character. The first 128 are always the same and correspond to ASCII; the following are variable. Encodings are stored in `.map` files. The available encoding ones are: - cp1250 (Central Europe) - cp1251 (Cyrillic) - cp1252 (Western Europe) - cp1253 (Greek) - cp1254 (Turkish) - cp1255 (Hebrew) - cp1257 (Baltic) - cp1258 (Vietnamese) - cp874 (Thai) - ISO-8859-1 (Western Europe) - ISO-8859-2 (Central Europe) - ISO-8859-4 (Baltic) - ISO-8859-5 (Cyrillic) - ISO-8859-7 (Greek) - ISO-8859-9 (Turkish) - ISO-8859-11 (Thai) - ISO-8859-15 (Western Europe) - ISO-8859-16 (Central Europe) - KOI8-R (Russian) - KOI8-U (Ukrainian) Of course, the font must contain the characters corresponding to the selected encoding. The third parameter indicates whether the font should be embedded in the PDF or not. When a font is not embedded, it is searched in the system. The advantage is that the PDF file is smaller; but if it is not available, then a substitution font is used. So you should ensure that the required font is installed on the client systems. Embedding is the recommended option to guarantee a correct rendering. The last parameter indicates whether sub-setting should be used, that is to say, whether only the characters from the selected encoding should be kept in the embedded font. As a result, the size of the PDF file can be greatly reduced, especially if the original font was big. After you have called the function (create a new file for this and include `make.php`), a `.json` file is created, with the same name as the font file. You may rename it if you wish. If the case of embedding, the font file is compressed and gives a second file with `.z` as extension except if the compression function is not available (it requires Zlib). You may rename it too, but in this case you have to change the variable `$file` in the `.json` file accordingly. **Example:** ``` require('src/makeFont.php'); makeFont('C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\comic.ttf','cp1252'); ``` Which gives the files `comic.json` and `comic.z`. Then copy the generated files to the font directory. If the font file could not be compressed, copy it directly instead of the `.z` version. Another way to call `makeFont()` is through the command line: ``` php src\makeFont.php C:\Windows\Fonts\comic.ttf cp1252 ``` **Declaration of the font in the script:** The second step is straightforward. You only need to call the `addFont()`method: ``` $pdf->addFont('Comic', PdfFontStyle::REGULAR, 'comic.json'); ``` And the font is now available (in regular and underlined styles), usable like the others. If we had worked with Comic Sans MS Bold (`comicbd.ttf`), we would have written: ``` $pdf->addFont('Comic', PdfFontStyle::BOLD, 'comicbd.json'); ``` **Full Example:** Now let's see a complete example. We will use the [Ceviche One](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ceviche+One) font. The first step is the generation of the font files: ``` require('src/makeFont.php'); makeFont('CevicheOne-Regular.ttf', 'cp1252'); ``` The script produces the following output: - Font file compressed: `CevicheOne-Regular.z`. - Font definition file generated: `CevicheOne-Regular.json`. Alternatively, we could have used the command line: ``` php src\makeFont.php CevicheOne-Regular.ttf cp1252 ``` We can now copy the two generated files to the font directory and write the script: ``` use fpdf\Enums\PdfFontStyle; use fpdf\PdfDocument; $pdf = new PdfDocument(); $pdf->addFont('CevicheOne', PdfFontStyle::REGULAR, 'CevicheOne-Regular.json'); $pdf->addPage(); $pdf->setFont('CevicheOne', PdfFontStyle::REGULAR, 45); $pdf->write(10, 'Enjoy new fonts with FPDF!'); $pdf->output(); ``` Symfony ------- [](#symfony) A [Symfony application](https://github.com/laurentmuller/fpdf2-make-font-ui) has been created to generate fonts. 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