Building font file via PHP script
For a complete description of use custom fonts in client-side, read the article: Custom fonts (client-side) > via Virtual file system (VFS)
If you don’t want to install gulp and/or just downloaded pdfMake and want to use custom fonts in client-side, you can generate the vfs_fonts.js with an PHP script as well. Put the code below in a file on a server with the font files you want to include in the same directory and view it in a browser. Use parameter “?tofile” in the URL to write the output to “vfs_fonts.js” in the same directory on the server, otherwise it outputs in the browser window for you to copy/paste.
<?php
$output = "this.pdfMake = this.pdfMake || {}; this.pdfMake.vfs = {";
$phpDir=dir('.');
while (($file=$phpDir->read())!==false) {
if ($file!='..' && $file!='.' && $file!='makefont.php' && $file!='vfs_fonts.js') {
$output .= '"';
$output .= $file;
$output .= '":"';
$output .= base64_encode(file_get_contents($file));
$output .= '",';
}
}
$output=substr($output,0,-1);
$output .= "}";
if (isset($_REQUEST['tofile'])) {
$fh = fopen('vfs_fonts.js', 'w') or die("CAN'T OPEN FILE FOR WRITING");
fwrite($fh,$output);
fclose($fh);
echo 'vjs_fonts.js created';
} else {
echo $output;
}