Building font file via shell 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 bash-script as well:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -t 1 ]; then
target="vfs_fonts.js"
else
target="/dev/stdout"
fi
(
echo "this.pdfMake = this.pdfMake || {}; this.pdfMake.vfs = {"
for file in "$@"; do
file=$1
filename=$(basename $file)
filecontent=$(base64 -w 0 $file)
shift
echo "\"${filename}\":\"${filecontent}\""
if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
echo ","
fi
done
echo "};"
) > "$target"
How to use script:
script.sh font1.ttf font2.ttf font3.ttf
If you are using a mac you need to change this line
filecontent=$(base64 -w 0 $file)
to (change the flag from -w
to -b
)
filecontent=$(base64 -b 0 $file)
GNU coreutils' base64
seems to differ to Apple’s base64
in this flag (which prevents line wrapping).