pdx:setDefaultFont Sets the default font for the whole Word document

pdx:setDefaultFont

Sets the default font for the whole Word document.

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.

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>

import os as os
import sys as sys
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("wrappers/python/XmlDocx"))
import XmlDocx as XmlDocx
document = XmlDocx.XmlDocx("config.xml")
document.setDocumentProperties("settings.xml")
document.addContent("content.xml")
document.setXmlDocxPath("xmldocx path")
document.render()

The resulting Word document looks like: