I'm trying to use the regular Courier font with the PDF::API3 package, but when I run this script, all I get is Courier-Oblique. The other fonts more or less work fine, but I'd really like to get a proper, ordinary monospace font. 

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
#  Test PDF::API3 for use with open source license files.

use strict;
use warnings;

my $outputPDF = 'test.pdf';

use PDF::API3::Compat::API2;

{
    my $pdf = PDF::API3::Compat::API2->new( -file => $outputPDF );
    defined $pdf or die "Unable to create PDF file $outputPDF";

    my $page    = $pdf->page();
    my $content = $page->text();

    my ( $x, $y ) = ( 72, 720 );
    for my $fontName (
        qw[
        trebuchet trebuchetbold    trebuchetitalic
        trebuchetbolditalic bankgothic
        courier courierbold courierboldoblique courieroblique
        couriernew couriernewbold 
        georgia georgiabold georgiabolditalic georgiaitalic
        helveticaboldoblique helveticaoblique helveticabold helvetica
        symbol
        timesbolditalic timesitalic timesroman timesbold
        verdana verdanabold verdanabolditalic verdanaitalic
        webdings
        wingdings
        zapfdingbats
        ]
      )
    {
        my $font = $pdf->corefont($fontName);
        $content->font( $font, 10 );
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text(
          'This is the first line I have written using this module' );
        $y -= 12;
        $content->translate( $x, $y );
        $content->text("in quite a while. ($fontName)");
        $y -= 12;
    }
    $pdf->save;
}

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Also, I notice that PDF::API3 has bugs that are 2-4 years old -- does this mean that this module isn't under active development any more?

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

In reply to PDF::API3 and the Courier font by talexb

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