Get text font and font size of freetext annotations

[dantard]

Hello, I'm looking how to get font and font size of freetext annotations when it is obtained through page.annots().

Even though it is easy to set the font and the font size when it is added with page.add_freetext_annot() I haven't found the way of getting this information back.

Thanks in advance.

[JorjMcKie]

Sorry, there is no high-level support for this currently. You need to work your way to this info using low-level API:
The annotation appearance is made by the annotation's /AP object - ususally the subobject /AP/N. This object has a /Resources object inside which you should stumble over the object /Font. Example:

doc.xref_get_key(a.xref, "AP/N/Resources/Font")
('dict', '<</Helv 7 0 R>>')
# may have multiple entries. Here we only have one:
print(doc.xref_object(7))
<<
  /Type /Font
  /Subtype /Type1
  /BaseFont /Helvetica
  /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding
>>

[dantard]

I see, thank you.
I assume the size can be obtained using the /DA object?

[JorjMcKie]

Exactly!