Question

I would like to generate a PDF file with TCPDF. The content is generated with TinyMCE. I am using additional fonts I downloaded from fontsquirrel.com. So far so good.

When I select a font in TinyMCE then select the ‘BOLD’ option, the editor shows me the correct layout, but when the PDF is generated, the regular variant is used.

How can I solve this?

I added the fonts:

$pdf->addTTFfont(K_PATH_FONTS.'/Amaranth-Bold-webfont.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);
$pdf->addTTFfont(K_PATH_FONTS.'/Amaranth-webfont.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);
$pdf->addTTFfont(K_PATH_FONTS.'/Amaranth-Italic-webfont.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);
$pdf->addTTFfont(K_PATH_FONTS.'/Amaranth-BoldItalic-webfont.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);

And this is the HTML from TinyMCE:

<p>
  <strong>
    <span style="font-family: Amaranth-webfont; font-size: 36px;" data-mce-style="font-family: Amaranth-webfont; font-size: 36px;">Example text</span>
  </strong>
</p>

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Take this with a pinch of salt because I have not worked with TCPDF for a couple of years.

I seem to remember that the naming convention of the fonts is very important.

Amaranth-Bold-webfont.ttf standard
Amaranth-Bold-webfontb.ttf bold
Amaranth-Bold-webfonti.ttf italic
Amaranth-Bold-webfontib.ttf bold italic

Hope that is useful.