Fonts
GemBox.Document needs access to fonts used in a document when printing or saving to PDF, XPS, and image formats. By default, it will check these font locations on supported operating systems:
- Windows: C:\Windows\Fonts\
- Linux: /usr/share/fonts/, /usr/local/share/fonts/, and ~/.local/share/fonts/
- macOS: /System/Library/Fonts/, /Library/Fonts/, and ~/Library/Fonts/
If a specific font is not located at the default location, you need to use the The following example shows how you can specify the location of a private or custom font (Almonte Snow.ttf) when saving a document to PDF. GemBox.Document supports retrieving fonts stored as resources inside the local or referenced assembly by specifying the When you add fonts as resources to your application, make sure you're setting the Build Action as an Embedded resource. Or if your application is targeting .NET Framework and thus uses WPF, set it as Resource instead. The following image shows a structure of an example solution with font files added as embedded resources, and the following table lists base resource locations you need to specify to use those fonts.FontSettings static class to specify the location of that font. This is especially needed in environments with no fonts installed, like Docker.Custom fonts
using GemBox.Document;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
// If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
// Set the directory path where the component will look for additional font files.
// The "." targets the current directory, so besides the installed fonts,
// the component will be able to use the fonts within the specified directory.
FontSettings.FontsBaseDirectory = ".";
var document = new DocumentModel();
document.DefaultCharacterFormat.FontName = "Almonte Snow";
document.DefaultCharacterFormat.Size = 48;
document.Content.LoadText("Hello World!");
document.Save("Private Fonts.%OutputFileType%");
}
}
Imports GemBox.Document
Module Program
Sub Main()
' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
' Set the directory path where the component will look for additional font files.
' The "." targets the current directory, so besides the installed fonts,
' the component will be able to use the fonts within the specified directory.
FontSettings.FontsBaseDirectory = "."
Dim document As New DocumentModel()
document.DefaultCharacterFormat.FontName = "Almonte Snow"
document.DefaultCharacterFormat.Size = 48
document.Content.LoadText("Hello World!")
document.Save("Private Fonts.%OutputFileType%")
End Sub
End Module
Assembly fonts
FontSettings.FontsBaseResourceLocation property.
Used font FontSettings.FontsBaseResourceLocationNotes Font1.ttf "/"Font resource files are in the root of the local assembly. Font2.ttf "/MyFonts/"Font resource files are in the subfolder of the local assembly. Font3.ttf "/MyClassLibrary;component/"Font resource files are in the root of the referenced assembly. Font4.ttf "/MyClassLibrary;component/MyFonts/"Font resource files are in the subfolder of the referenced assembly.
