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

I ended up combining the 2 answers here into this method:

public static Font GetFont(string fontName, string filename)
{
    if (!FontFactory.IsRegistered(fontName))
    {
        var fontPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\" + filename;
        FontFactory.Register(fontPath);
    }
    return FontFactory.GetFont(fontName, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
}

Which I then use in my code like so:

writer.DirectContent.SetFontAndSize(GetFont("Franklin Gothic Medium Cond", "FRAMDCN.TTF").BaseFont, 24f);

On Windows you can find out the font's file name from the font's property sheet:

I also found that you have to use the font's exact name on the Details tab: