Using Fonts in System with iTextSharp

Question

I want to use iTextSharp to write some text. I\'m using this method:

var font = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_BOLD, BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED)         


        

Answer 1

1st you need to register the font and then just retrieve it from the FontFactory (and don't create it every time):

public static iTextSharp.text.Font GetTahoma()
{
    var fontName = "Tahoma";
    if (!FontFactory.IsRegistered(fontName))
    {
         var fontPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\tahoma.ttf";
         FontFactory.Register(fontPath);
    }
    return FontFactory.GetFont(fontName, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); 
}