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Using Fonts in System with iTextSharp

I want to use iTextSharp to write some text. I'm using this method:

var font = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_BOLD, BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);

My question is: does iTextSharp support all fonts in the system fonts directory?

Say I have a font called 'mycoolfont' selected by the user in the font chooser dialog. Can I create a new iTextSharp font like this?

var font = BaseFont.CreateFont("mycoolfont", BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
overContent.SetFontAndSize(font, fontSize);

UPDATE:

I tried var font = BaseFont.CreateFont("Verdana", BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); but got the error "Verdana" is not recognized by itextsharp

Solution

  • 1st you need to register the font and then just retrieve it from the FontFactory (and don't create it every time):

    public static iTextSharp.text.Font GetTahoma()
{
    var fontName = "Tahoma";
    if (!FontFactory.IsRegistered(fontName))
    {
         var fontPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\tahoma.ttf";
         FontFactory.Register(fontPath,fontName);
    }
    return FontFactory.GetFont(fontName, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); 
}