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Reputation: 67

Problems to load own font in mPDF

I know that question is is asked not the first time but all the other threads havn't helped me to get it work. I trie to get my own font work in my mPDF call. In read that version 7 I can load my own font without changing the config_fonts.php. Here is my try:

$mpdf = new \mPDF('utf-8','A4','');

$mpdf->fontDir = './assets/fonts/';
$mpdf->fontdata = array(
    "qanela" => array(
        'R' => "QanelasSoft-Regular.ttf",
        'B' => "QanelasSoft-Bold.ttf",
    ),
);

$mpdf->SetFont('qanela');

with this code I get the errormessage

mPDF Error - Font is not supported - dejavusanscondensed.

it is called from

mpdf/vendor/mpdf/mpdf/mpdf.php

on Line 3809 with

if (!isset($this->fontdata[$family][$stylekey]) || !$this->fontdata[$family][$stylekey]) { throw new MpdfException('mPDF Error - Font is not supported - ' . $family . ' ' . $style); }

Hopefull someone can help me.

Cheers

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3294

Answers (3)

Azamat Mirvosiqov
Azamat Mirvosiqov

Reputation: 715

mPDF 7.x does not support uppercase fonts. In such of situation, you must rename your font name to lowercase

$mpdf->fontdata = array(
    "qanela" => array(
        'R' => "qanelassoftregular.ttf",
        'B' => "qanelassoftbold.ttf",
    ),
)

Upvotes: 1

Finwe
Finwe

Reputation: 6725

Your code sample is somehow weird:

  • To be able to use fontDir property, you must use mPDF 7.x
  • Your creation of mpdf instance new \mPDF suggests 6.x - 7.x has a namespaced signature new \Mpdf\Mpdf()
  • In 6.x you can set your own font dir via setting _MPDF_SYSTEM_TTFONTS constant:

define('_MPDF_SYSTEM_TTFONTS', './assets/fonts/');

In read that version 7 I can load my own font without changing the config_fonts.php

There is no config_fonts.php file in v 7. All changes to configuration can be done in constructor $config parameter or by altering fontdata property of mPDF instance after creation of the object - as you are trying to do. See below.

Also, try to append your font settings to the fontData property instead of overriding its contents:

$mpdf->fontdata['qanela'] = 
    array(
        'R' => "QanelasSoft-Regular.ttf",
        'B' => "QanelasSoft-Bold.ttf",
    );

Upvotes: 1

krishnaraj
krishnaraj

Reputation: 41

You don't want to override the entire fontdata array (which is what you are doing). Instead, add your new record on the end of it.

$mpdf->fontdata['qanelasSof'] = array(
    'R' => "QanelasSoft-Regular.ttf",
    'B' => "QanelasSoft-Bold.ttf",
);

Then ensure your TTF font files are stored in the ttfonts directory.

Upvotes: 1

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