using two different font sizes in a single multi_cell

[Nithyashri-E]

The following is my requirement:
"ABC" with font size as 10 and "XYZ" with font size 6. I want both "ABC" and "XYZ" in a single multi_cell cell.
Is there any method that can satisfy this requirement in fpdf? I'm ready to even try alternative methods in case there isn't any straightforward method that can meet this requirement. Kindly let me know whatever it is.

[Lucas-C]

Hi @Nithyashri-E!

Very recently we already had a discussion about varying font sizes in #786
But you also want to use the same multi_cell...

This is currently not supported, but is technically doable,
and would require minimal changes to styled_text_fragments & _render_styled_text_line().

@gmischler is currently working on refactoring this part of fpdf2 code though,
and I would prefer to wait for his contribution before creating more public interfaces (methods & parameters)
related to text rendering.

[gmischler]

@Nithyashri-E, I've just checked in #897, which should solve your problem.
Well, technically it's not going to be a multi_cell but an instance of text_columns(), and if you need borders around it you'll have to draw them yourself. but you can freely change fonts within line wrapped text.
You can install the currently unreleased code (about to be released as 2.7.6 very soon) like this:

pip install git+https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2.git@master

and test it in your environment.

Edit: Published with release 2.7.6