Can we change Font of text in text Layer of a psd file in java?

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I wanted to change the font from Arial to Calibri of my text in textlayer. can we do that?

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@mail9deep

Please try using following sample on your end to change the font family for the text in layer.

//Creates an instance of Image
com.aspose.psd.Image image = new com.aspose.psd.fileformats.psd.PsdImage(500, 500);
//Creates and initialize an instance of Graphics class
com.aspose.psd.Graphics graphics = new com.aspose.psd.Graphics(image);

//Clears Graphics surface
graphics.clear(com.aspose.psd.Color.getWheat());

//Creates an instance of Font
com.aspose.psd.Font font = new com.aspose.psd.Font("Times New Roman", 16);

//Create an instance of SolidBrush having Red Color
com.aspose.psd.brushes.SolidBrush brush = new com.aspose.psd.brushes.SolidBrush(com.aspose.psd.Color.getRed());

//Draw a String
graphics.drawString("Created by Aspose.PSD for .Net", font, brush, new PointF(100, 100));

// create export options.
com.aspose.psd.imageoptions.GifOptions options = new com.aspose.psd.imageoptions.GifOptions();

// save all changes
image.save("C:\\temp\\output.gif", options);
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Hi @mudassir.fayyaz,

I don’t want to draw string as i am updating text of TextLayer .

Have tried draw string also but it’s not working.

Layer textLayer = findLayer(“AHORRA HOY”,psdImage);
TextLayer txtlyr = (TextLayer) textLayer;
txtlyr.updateText(“Some text”);

Here findLayer will just return a layer with the name “AHORRA HOY”.

In the above code, I just want to change the font of this “Some text”.
I am able to change font size and color but unable to change Font.

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@mail9deep

We regret to share that at present we don’t provide API to change Font for layer at this moment. We have already added a ticket for this with ID PSDNET-806 in our issue tracking system for providing requested support. This thread has been linked with the issue so that you may be notified once the support will be included.

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Hi @mudassir.fayyaz,

Is there any update on this ticket?

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@mail9deep

At present the requested feature is unavailable in API and I request for your patience. We will share the good news with you as soon as the feature will be available.

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The issues you have found earlier (filed as PSDNET-806) have been fixed in this update.

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@mudassir.fayyaz do you by any chance have a piece of code showing how to supply the font to a text layer? :grinning:

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@mortenma,

The following code example shows how to change the font in TextLayer and how to add support of not installed fonts:

        // The path to the folder with the fonts that you want to use in PsdImage, but which are not installed on your PC.
        String fontsFolder = "FontsFolder";

        // Add support for my, not installed, fonts.
        FontSettings.setFontsFolders(new String[] { fontsFolder }, true);

        PsdImage image = (PsdImage)Image.load("file.psd");
        try
        {
            TextLayer textLayer = (TextLayer)image.getLayers()[1];

            // Sets the font name for each portion in TextLayer.
            ITextPortion[] portions = textLayer.getTextData().getItems();
            for (int i = 0; i < portions.length; i++)
            {
                ITextPortion textPortion = portions[i];
                // You can use the name of the fonts installed on your PC or the fonts added using the "FontSettings.SetFontsFolders" method.
                textPortion.getStyle().setFontName(FontSettings.getAdobeFontName("Times New Roman"));
            }

            // Update preview of text layer.
            textLayer.getTextData().updateLayerData();

            image.save("output.psd");
        }
        finally
        {
            image.dispose();
        }
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Thanks, Yaroslav.
I got it working in LinqPad 7. However, when I move the code to an asp.net core / .NET5 application I’m getting the exception below when I call “FontSettings.GetAdobeFontName(source_font_name);” (and later when I call textLayer.TextData.UpdateLayerData() without setting the font.

“BinaryFormatter serialization and deserialization are disabled within this application. See Deserialization risks in use of BinaryFormatter and related types - .NET | Microsoft Learn for more information.”

The Deserialization risks in use of BinaryFormatter and related types - .NET | Microsoft Learn link redirects to this article “BinaryFormatter security guide” Deserialization risks in use of BinaryFormatter and related types - .NET | Microsoft Learn

It appears that .NET 5 introduced breaking changes around “BinaryFormatter”. See Breaking changes in .NET 5 - .NET | Microsoft Learn

If I move all code to a .NET console app it works (seems to be a asp.net issue)

I’m not sure I got it right, however, if I did, are there any alternatives to setting the layer font when working in a asp.net core / .NET 5 application?

Thanks for your help.

Best regards
Morten

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My work-a-round was to use aspose.pdf with text-replacing instead

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