How can I set my font on calibri via iText7?

Question

I try to set my text on Calibri on my Pdf document but that doesn't work. How can I set my font on calibri via iText7? Fontconstant class only has limited fonts.

Answer 1

As mentioned, there is a whole chapter on fonts with more information on what you can do, what are the differences, etc.

In a nutshell, you use CreateFont to load your font file.

Something like this will allow you to set the font per Paragraph element:

    FontProgram fontProgram =
        FontProgramFactory.CreateFont(@"C:\temp\calibri.ttf");
    PdfFont calibri = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont(fontProgram, PdfEncodings.WINANSI);
    using (PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(DEST)))
    {
        Document document = new Document(pdfDocument);
        document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World!").SetFont(calibri));
    }

but you can also do it for the whole Document :

    FontProgram fontProgram =
        FontProgramFactory.CreateFont(@"C:\temp\calibri.ttf");
    PdfFont calibri = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont(fontProgram, PdfEncodings.WINANSI);
    using (PdfDocument pdfDocument = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(DEST)))
    {
        Document document = new Document(pdfDocument);
        document.SetFont(calibri);
        document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World!"));
    }

Answer 2

Leaving this here just in case someone else like me comes across this and the provided solution isn't working.

The overload version of the used method that worked for me is the one below.

PdfFont calibri = PdfFontFactory.CreateFont(fontProgram, PdfEncodings.WINANSI, true);