in reply to Need help RTFM: Setting fontsize with PDF::Labels module

OK, I had to delve into the source code of the module to get a handle on it. I copied the first list of values found in the source code and changed the second to last value in the list of values from 10 to 8 like so: 
  my $pdf = new PDF::Labels(
      "8.5:11:0.2:0.5:3:10:2.75:1:0.25:0.15:8:12",
      filename=>'/var/www/vt/files/labels.pdf',
      fontsize=>'8',
  );

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Re^2: Need help RTFM: Setting fontsize with PDF::Labels module
by Discipulus (Canon) on Sep 25, 2015 at 07:06 UTC
    hello, this seems exactly what docs says(before dive into the source):
    @PDF::Labels:PageFormats is a list of known page formats.  Each
        page format is a : delimited list of fields which provide the
        following properties about a page of labels:
...

 $pdf = new PDF::Labels(
                        $PDF::Labels::PageFormats[0],
                                filename=>'labels.pdf',
                                Author=>'PDF Labelmaker',
                                Title=>'My Labels'
                );

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    I read TFM as follow: the first argument in object creation must be a Page Format. for your convenince there is a global variable in the class that collect an array of common formats. Even if this seems weird is a reasonable manner to do configuration.
    You can also modify only the font size of one of the format in this, not so elegant, way: 
    my $cust_page_format = $PDF::Labels::PageFormats[0];
my $needed_fontsize = 8;
$cust_page_format =~ s/:\d+(:\d+)$/:$needed_fontsize\1/;

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