PDF::AP...CoreFont(3)

✨ NAME ✨

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont — the module that lets you use the 14 standard PDF fonts, bestie. no font files, no downloads, just vibes 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

okay so here's the whole serve in one go:

my $pdf = PDF::API2->new();
my $font = $pdf->font('Times-Roman');

my $page = $pdf->page();
my $text = $page->text();
$text->font($font, 20);
$text->translate(200, 700);
$text->text('Hello world!');

$pdf->save('/path/to/new.pdf');

like. that's it. you make a pdf, you grab a font, you write 'Hello world!' on a page, you save it. main character behaviour fr fr 💖

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🌈 STANDARD FONTS 🌈

these fourteen fonts are available in every single PDF reader that conforms to the PDF specification. no cap. they're just there, always, waiting for you like a loyal bestie 🫶

• Courier
• Courier-Bold
• Courier-BoldOblique
• Courier-Oblique
• Helvetica
• Helvetica-Bold
• Helvetica-BoldOblique
• Helvetica-Oblique
• Symbol
• Times-Bold
• Times-BoldItalic
• Times-Italic
• Times-Roman
• ZapfDingbats

⚠️ okay important thing, don't skip this: these fonts except Symbol and ZapfDingbats only include glyphs for ASCII and certain Latin characters. that's it. if you need other characters, you will need to embed a font file. no shortcuts, sorry babe 😭

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🦋 METHODS 🦋

💫 is_standard

my $boolean = PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont->is_standard($name);

returns true if $name is an exact, case-sensitive match for one of the standard font names up there ☝️. so yes bestie, casing matters — 'times-roman' is giving lowercase flop energy and it will NOT match 'Times-Roman'. it's giving exact match or nothing 💀

🌸 names

my @font_names = PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont->list();
my $array_ref  = PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont->list();

returns an array, or a reference to an array, containing the names of the built-in core (standard) fonts. list context? you get the array. scalar context? you get the ref. choose your fighter, both are valid 🎀✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this lil icon was brought to you by perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-09-01, and it's part of the User Contributed Perl Documentation. slay, go write some fonts 💅🌈⭐