PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::SynFont - Module for creating temporary synthetic Fonts

new
           $font = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::SynFont->new($pdf, $fontobj, %opts)

           Returns a synfont object. $fontobj is a normal font object read in from a file, and $font is the
           modified output.

           Valid options %opts are:

           encode
               Changes  the  encoding of the font from its default.  See Perl'sEncode for the supported values.
               Warning: only single byte encodings are supported. Multibyte encodings such as UTF-8 are invalid.

           pdfname
               Changes the reference-name of  the  font  from  its  default.   The  reference-name  is  normally
               generated automatically and can be retrieved via $pdfname=$font->name().

               Alternatename: "name" (for PDF::API2 compatibility)

           condense
               Character  width  condense/expand factor (0.1-0.9 = condense, 1 = normal/default, 1.1+ = expand).
               It is the multiplier to apply to the width of each character.

               Alternatenames: "hscale" and "slant" (for PDF::API2 compatibility)

               The slant option is a deprecated name in both PDF::Builder and PDF::API2.  Its value is the  same
               as  condense value (1 = normal, unchanged scale).  For the hscale option, the value is percentage
               (%), with 100 being normal, and other values 100 times the condense  value.   Useonlyone(atmost)ofthesethreeoptionnames.oblique
               Italic  or  slanted text angle (+/-) in degrees, where the character box is skewed (sheared), top
               to the right. While it's unlikely that anyone will want to slant characters  at  +/-360  degrees,
               they  should  be  aware  that  these  will  be  treated as an angle of 0 degrees (deg2rad() wraps
               around). 0 degrees of italic slant (obliqueness) is the default.

               Alternatename: "angle" (for PDF::API2 compatibility)

               Useonlyone(atmost)ofthesetwooptionnames.bold
               Embolding factor (0.1+, bold=1, heavy=2, ...). It is additional  outline  thickness  (linewidth),
               which  expands  the character (glyph) outwards (as well as shrinking unfilled enclosed areas such
               as bowls and counters).  Normally, the glyph's outline is not drawn (it  is  only  filled);  this
               adds a thick outline. The units are in 1/100ths of a text unit.

               If  used  with the "synthetic_font" alternate entry name, the unit is 1/1000th of a text unit, so
               you will need a value 10 times larger than with the "synfont" entry to get the same effect.

           space
               Additional charspacing in thousandths of an em.

           caps
               Create synthetic small-caps. 0 = no, 1 = yes. These are capitals of  lowercase  letters,  at  80%
               height  and  88%  width.  Note  that  this is guaranteed to cover ASCII lowercase letters only --
               single byte encoded accented characters usually work, but we can make  no  promises  on  accented
               characters in general, as well as ligatures!

               Alternatename: "smallcaps" (for PDF::API2 compatibility)

               Useonlyone(atmost)ofthesetwooptionnames.

               Note that only lower case letters which appear in the "standard" font (plane 0 for core fonts and
               PS  fonts)  will be small-capped. This may include eszett (German sharp s), which becomes SS, and
               dotless i and j which become I and J respectively. There are many other accented  Latin  alphabet
               letters  which  may  show  up  in  planes  1 and higher. Ligatures (e.g., ij and ffl) do not have
               uppercase equivalents, nor does a long s. If you have text which includes  such  characters,  you
               may  want to consider preprocessing it to replace them with Latin character expansions (e.g., i+j
               and f+f+l) before small-capping.

perl v5.40.1                                       2025-08-10              PDF::Builder::...::Font::SynFont(3pm)

       PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::SynFont - Module for creating temporary synthetic Fonts

       Inherits from PDF::Builder::Resource::Font

       This module permits you to create a "new" font (loaded temporarily, but not permanently stored) based on
       an existing font, where you can modify certain attributes in the original font, such as:

           * slant/obliqueness
           * extra weight/boldness (by drawing glyph outlines at various line
             thicknesses, rather than just filling enclosed areas)
           * condense/expand (narrower or wider characters)
           * extra space between characters
           * small caps (synthesized, not using any provided with a font)
           * change the encoding

           $pdf = PDF::Builder->new();
           $cft = $pdf->font('Times-Roman');  # corefont, ttfont, etc. also works
           $sft = $pdf->synfont($cft, 'condense' => .75);  # condense by 25%

       This works for corefonts, PSfonts, and TTF/OTFfonts; but does not work for CJKfonts or bitmappedfonts.  See also "Synthetic Fonts" in PDF::Builder::Docs.

       Alternatename: "synthetic_font"

       This is for compatibility with recent changes to PDF::API2.