php-doc-en/reference/ps/functions/ps-findfont.xml
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<refentry xml:id="function.ps-findfont" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ps_findfont</refname>
<refpurpose>Loads a font</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>int</type><methodname>ps_findfont</methodname>
<methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>psdoc</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>fontname</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>encoding</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>embed</parameter><initializer>&false;</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Loads a font for later use. Before text is output with a loaded font it
must be set with <function>ps_setfont</function>. This function needs the
adobe font metric file in order to calculate the space used up by the
characters. A font which is loaded within a page will only be available on
that page. Fonts which are to be used in the complete document have to be
loaded before the first call of <function>ps_begin_page</function>. Calling
<function>ps_findfont</function> between pages will make that font
available for all following pages.
</para>
<para>
The name of the afm file must be
<parameter>fontname</parameter><literal>.afm</literal>. If the font
shall be embedded the file
<parameter>fontname</parameter><literal>.pfb</literal> containing
the font outline must be present as well.
</para>
<para>
Calling <function>ps_findfont</function> before the first page requires
to output the postscript header which includes the BoundingBox for
the whole document. Usually the BoundingBox is set with the first call
of <function>ps_begin_page</function> which now comes after
<function>ps_findfont</function>. Consequently the BoundingBox has not
been set and a warning will be issued when <function>ps_findfont</function>
is called. In order to prevent this situation, one should call
<function>ps_set_parameter</function> to set the BoundingBox before
<function>ps_findfont</function> is called.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>psdoc</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Resource identifier of the postscript file
as returned by <function>ps_new</function>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>fontname</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the font.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>encoding</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>ps_findfont</function> will try to load the file passed in
the parameter <parameter>encoding</parameter>. Encoding files are of
the same syntax as those used by <command>dvips(1)</command>. They
contain a font encoding vector (which is currently not used but must be
present) and a list of extra ligatures to extend the list of ligatures
derived from the afm file.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>encoding</parameter> can be &null; or the empty string if
the default encoding (TeXBase1) shall be used.
</para>
<para>
If the encoding is set to <literal>builtin</literal> then there
will be no reencoding and the font specific encoding will be used. This
is very useful with symbol fonts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>embed</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If set to a value >0 the font will be embedded into the document. This
requires the font outline (.pfb file) to be present.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the identifier of the font or zero in case of an error. The
identifier is a positive number.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>ps_begin_page</function></member>
<member><function>ps_setfont</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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