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FPDF - Adding a google webfont

I'm using FPDF to generate a pdf with PHP and I want to use the same font than my website, Lato. But on my site, I use a google webfont link :

http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato%3A300%2C400%2C700%2C900%2C300italic%2C400italic%2C700italic

So I don't have the files and I want to know if there's a way to use this font in my pdf ?

Thanks

Solution

  • What you can do is download the font and install it in your system, and define the font path,

    define('FPDF_FONTPATH','/home/www/font');

    and then set the font accordingly - doc link

    // Times regular 12
$pdf->SetFont('Times');
// Arial bold 14
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',14);
// Removes bold
$pdf->SetFont('');
// Times bold, italic and underlined 14
$pdf->SetFont('Times','BIU');

    FPDF accepts only .ttf, .otf or .pfb file type.

    A quick googling will get you the links for Lato font,

    Maybe you will have to check this link also (Link)