Rendering text from right to left
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class RightToLeftPDF {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("RightToLeftPDF.pdf"));
document.open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
ct.setSimpleColumn(100, 100, 500, 800, 24, Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
ct.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
ct.setLeading(0, 1);
ct.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
ct.addText(new Chunk("ABCD"));
ct.go();
ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
ct.addText(new Chunk("ABCD"));
ct.go();
ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
ct.addText(new Chunk("ABCD"));
ct.go();
document.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
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