Greetings, I have recently discovered the ability to use 'ttf' fonts when creating a PDF with PDF::API2. Everything seemed to be going very well, until I realised an issue with the kerning. Namely that there is no kerning. 
my $headline_text = $page->text;
my $tmpFont=$pdf->ttfont("../pdf/API2/fonts/Exmouth.ttf");
$headline_text->font( $tmpFont, 12 / pt );

$headline_text->fillcolor('black');
$headline_text->translate( 95 / mm, 131 / mm );
$headline_text->text_center('Testing Testing');

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This correctly embeds the Exmouth ttf font, and correctly uses it. The resulting PDF uses the font (i.e. the letters look ok) however the character spacing is uniform..i.e. no kerning. I have tried various methods, including adding a -dokern option to the font. .. To no avail. Has anyone any experience in embedding ttf fonts? or come up against this issue? Many thanks in advance

In reply to PDF API2 Kerning by TienLung

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