`pdfLoadFont`

Load a font directly from an in-memory buffer (TrueType data).

Category	Font loading
Note	`Embed`/`CP` accepted but unused (see Remarks)

Purpose — Load a font directly from an in-memory buffer (TrueType data).

Description — Unlike pdfSetFont's multi-tier name-resolution chain, this loads the font bytes you supply directly — no system/alt-font/bundled-fallback search. Always registers as an embedded TrueType entry (embedding is not optional through this call regardless of the Embed parameter — see Remarks) and makes it the active font.

Declarations

int32_t __stdcall pdfLoadFont(PPDF IPDF, void* Buffer, uint32_t BufSize, int32_t Style, double Size, BOOL32 Embed, int32_t CP);

Delphi

function pdfLoadFont(const IPDF: PPDF; const Buffer: Pointer; BufSize: Cardinal; Style: Integer; Size: Double; Embed: LongBool; CP: Integer): Integer; stdcall; external 'LumasPdf.dll';

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`IPDF`	`PPDF`	Instance handle with an open document.
`Buffer`	`Pointer`	Raw font file bytes (TrueType).
`BufSize`	`Cardinal`	Byte length of `Buffer`.
`Style`	`Integer`	Accepted for ABI compatibility; the loaded font program dictates its own actual style — this does not select among style variants within the buffer (there is only one font in the buffer).
`Size`	`Double`	Initial point size, becomes the current font size.
`Embed`	`BOOL32`	Accepted but not read — loading from a buffer always results in an embedded font; there is no non-embedded path through this call.
`CP`	`Integer`	Accepted but not read.

Return value — 1-based font handle on success; 0 if the buffer can't be parsed as a supported font or no document is open.

See also — pdfLoadFontEx

C# (P/Invoke)

wrappers/dotnet/LumasPdf.cs

public static extern int pdfLoadFont(IntPtr IPDF, IntPtr Buffer, uint BufSize, int Style, double Size, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool Embed, int CP);

Area

Fonts