Core Fonts

PDF specifies 14 fonts that are guaranteed to be included with any PDF viewer. As a result, these fonts do not need to be embedded into a PDF document when it is created. The 14 core PDF fonts are accessed through the DPDF_Font Enumeration:

DPDF_Font_TimesRoman - Times Roman (Times New Roman)
DPDF_Font_TimesBold - Times (Times New Roman) Bold
DPDF_Font_TimesItalic - Times (Times New Roman) Italic
DPDF_Font_TimesBoldItalic - Times (Times New Roman) Bold Italic
DPDF_Font_Helvetica - Helvetica (Arial)
DPDF_Font_HelveticaBold - Helvetica (Arial) Bold
DPDF_Font_HelveticaOblique - Helvetica (Arial) Oblique
DPDF_Font_HelveticaBoldOblique - Helvetica (Arial) Bold Oblique
DPDF_Font_Courier - Courier
DPDF_Font_CourierBold - Courier Bold
DPDF_Font_CourierOblique - Courier Oblique
DPDF_Font_CourierBoldOblique - Courier Bold Oblique
DPDF_Font_Symbol - Symbol
DPDF_Font_ZapfDingbats - Zapf Dingbats

A core font can be used as follows:

[ASP - VBScript]
<!-- METADATA TYPE="typelib" UUID="{DF9225FE-94A4-490D-8CAD-E8366CE621D3}" -->
<%
    ' Use a core font in a text area Page Element.
    Dim MyDocument
    Dim MyPage
    Set MyDocument = Server.CreateObject( "DynamicPDF.Document" )
    Set MyPage = MyDocument.AddPage()
    MyPage.AddTextArea "Text", 0, 0, 200, 12, , DPDF_Font_TimesRoman, 12 
    MyDocument.DrawToWeb
    Set MyPage = Nothing
    Set MyDocument = Nothing
%>

NOTE: Helvetica is equivalent to the Arial TrueType font included on Windows systems, and Times is equivalent to the Times New Roman TrueType font included on Windows systems. It is much more efficient to use the equivalent core fonts whenever possible.

Core Fonts

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