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6 PDF::API2::Resource::Font::SynFont - Module for creating synthetic
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10 my $pdf = PDF::API2->new();
11 my $base_font = $pdf->font('Helvetica');
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13 # Create a condensed synthetic font
14 my $condensed = $pdf->synthetic_font($base_font, hscale => 80);
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16 # Compare the two fonts
17 my $text = $pdf->page->text();
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19 $text->font($base_font, 18);
20 $text->distance(72, 720);
21 $text->text('Hello World!');
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23 $text->font($condensed, 18);
24 $text->distance(0, -36);
25 $text->text('Hello World!');
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27 $pdf->save('sample.pdf');
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30 This module allows you to create a custom font based on an existing
31 font, adjusting the scale, stroke thickness, angle, and other
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36 A percentage to condense (less than 100) or expand (greater than 100)
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40 A number of degrees to lean the glyphs to the left (negative angle) or
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44 A stroke width, in thousandths of a text unit, to add to the glyph's
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48 Set to true to replace lower-case characters with small versions of
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52 Additional space, in thousandths of a text unit, to add between glyphs.
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