How to determine iTextSharp Basefont default style - asp.net

Question

I am creating a PDF using iTextSharp.
Part of the process adds straightforward text to the PDF and another part creates an outline of the same text.
For the straighforward text aspect I am using the ShowTextAligned method in iTextSharp; which requires a Basefont and has no way of setting the style.
For the outline I am creating a GDI GraphicsPath to get points, which are then translated into PDF curves/lines etc. The AddString method requires a Drawing.FontStyle
Now my issue is that I need to set the style of AddString to the same one being used by the BaseFont. I.E if the Basefont is rendering Regular, i need to set the AddString fontstyle to regular
How do I determine what style is being used by the BaseFont in ShowTextAligned?
Further info:
I have also tried using ColumnText; which allows you to set an iTextSharp Font, along with it's style. Though using this method results in a font that is rendered with the approximate style; I.E a font usually in regular and set to bold gives a slightly malformed bold font.
EDIT
When I say i need to pass in the BaseFont to ShowTextAligned, What I mean to say is that in order to use this method you have to set the font and size first using SetFontAndSize of the PdfContentByte - it is this method that requires the BaseFont.
I know I must be missing something obvious.. I just can't see the wood for the trees :)

Answer 1

You can try defining your base font beforehand and use it throughout your PDF doc.
See iTextSharp - Working with Fonts
Sample code:
BaseFont bfTimes = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_ROMAN, BaseFont.CP1252, false);
Font times = new Font(bfTimes, 12, Font.ITALIC, Color.RED);
The above lines create a BaseFont object and uses the built-in constant values to set the font family and encoding. It also specifies false for embedding the font within the PDF document. A new Font object is created using the BaseFont object, and further setting the font size in points, the style and the color - again, using iTextSharp's constants for these values.
For more info on BaseFont, see its class definition.

Answer 2

You can use SetColorFill method. Like this
content.BeginText();
BaseFont baseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252,BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
content.SetFontAndSizebaseFont, 12);
BaseColor baseColor = new BaseColor(255, 0, 0);
content.SetColorFill(baseColor);
//or use predefined colors
content.SetColorFill(BaseColor.RED);
// use ShowTextAligned method
content.EndText();