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.IX Title "PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont 3pm"
.TH PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont 3pm "2021-03-28" "perl v5.32.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont \- Module for using bitmapped Fonts.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 6
\&    #
\&    use PDF::Builder;
\&    #
\&    $pdf = PDF::Builder\->new();
\&    $sft = $pdf\->bdfont($file);
\&    #
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This creates a bitmapped font from a .bdf (bitmap distribution font) file.
The default is to use square elements, and the style can be changed to use
filled dots (looking more like a dot-matrix printer). The font will be 
embedded in the \s-1PDF\s0 file.
.PP
Bitmapped fonts are quite rough, low resolution, and difficult to read, so 
unless you're a sadist who wants to force readers back to the good old days of 
dot-matrix printers and bitmapped X terminals, try to limit the use of such a
font to decorative or novelty effects, such as chapter titles and major 
headings. Have mercy on your readers and use a real font (TrueType, etc.) 
for body text!
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.ie n .IP "$font = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont\->new($pdf, $font, %options)" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$font\fR = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont\->new($pdf, \f(CW$font\fR, \f(CW%options\fR)" 4
.IX Item "$font = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont->new($pdf, $font, %options)"
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.el .IP "\f(CW$font\fR = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont\->new($pdf, \f(CW$font\fR)" 4
.IX Item "$font = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont->new($pdf, $font)"
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Returns a BmpFont object.
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Valid \f(CW%options\fR are:
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\&\fI\-pdfname\fR ... changes the reference-name of the font from its default.
The reference-name is normally generated automatically and can be
retrieved via \f(CW\*(C`$pdfname=$font\-\*(C'\fR\fBname()\fR>.
.Sp
\&\fI\-style\fR ... a value of 'block' (default) assembles a character from
contiguous square blocks. A value of 'dot' assembles a character from 
overlapping filled circles, in the style of a dot matrix printer.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
alfred reibenschuh