XML API - pdx:setDefaultFont

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pdx:setDefaultFont

Sets the default font for the whole Word document.

Note

You are reading the XML API documentation. For the PHP API method please go to setDefaultFont.

Description

Element definition

<pdx:settings>
    <pdx:setDefaultFont pdx:value="" />
</pdx:settings>

This element sets the font that will be used by default.

This value may be overridden by elements that have the specific font option available.

Attributes and sub-elements

value

The name of the font: Arial, Futura, Calibri...

The font is not embedded within the Word document so make sure to use fonts that will be available to your target audience or the font is embedded in the base template.

Code samples

Example #1

config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:config>
        <pdx:output pdx:name="output" pdx:type="docx" />
    </pdx:config>
</pdx:document>

content.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:content>
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">This text is going to show in Arial Narrow font because it is the chosen default font.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
        <pdx:addText>
            <pdx:textRun>
                <pdx:data pdx:dataId="" pdx:dataType="text">The standard default font is usually Calibri.</pdx:data>
                <pdx:textRunStyle>
                </pdx:textRunStyle>
            </pdx:textRun>
        </pdx:addText>
    </pdx:content>
</pdx:document>

settings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:settings>
        <pdx:setDefaultFont pdx:value="Arial Narrow" />
    </pdx:settings>
</pdx:document>

PHP code

require_once 'path_to_phpdocx/classes/CreateDocx.php';

$docx = new XMLAPI('config.xml');
$docx->setDocumentProperties('settings.xml');
$docx->addContent('content.xml');

$docx->render();

The resulting Word document looks like: