Hi zentara
Thanks for the reply.
I have studied the perl doc extensively but have not been able to work it out.

I missed that but as per your notes and their example, I have added a font size but still get the same error:

    my $font_obj = $pdf->pdf->ttfont('freemono.ttf');
    $pdf->add_font('MonoFont',$font_obj,12);

Can't call method "text" without a package or object reference at /usr
+/share/perl5/PDF/API2/Simple.pm line 435.

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The subroutine in Simple.pm that has line 435 is: 
sub add_font {
  my ($self, $font_name, $font_obj, $font_size) = @_;

  if ( $font_obj ) {
LINE 435 --> $self->current_page->text->font($font_obj, $font_size);
    $self->fonts->{$font_name} = $font_obj;
  }

  if ( ! exists $self->fonts->{$font_name} ) {
    $self->fonts->{$font_name} = $self->pdf->corefont($font_name);
  }

  $self->current_font( $self->fonts->{$font_name} );
}

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I have been unable to see where I'm going wrong.
I presume that what PDF::API2::Simple sends to PDF::API2 is already coded within PDF::API2::Simple, so I figured their example should be all that is needed for it to work?

Would you have any other suggestions that would help track it down or do you think I am missimg something with the above?
I would appreciate any help you could offer with this very frustrating problem.

In reply to Re^4: External font with PDF::API2::Simple by Iceman1
in thread External font with PDF::API2::Simple by Iceman1

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