Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.Font; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.GrayColor; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfSpotColor; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.SpotColor; public class SpotColorsForTemplatePDF { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("SpotColorsForTemplatePDF.pdf")); document.open(); PdfSpotColor spc_g = new PdfSpotColor("PANTONE 100 CV", 0.5f, new GrayColor(0.9f)); PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); PdfTemplate t = cb.createTemplate(500f, 500f); t.setColorStroke(new SpotColor(spc_g, .5f)); t.setLineWidth(10f); t.rectangle(100, 10, 100, 100); t.stroke(); cb.addTemplate(t, -1.0f, 0.00f, 0.00f, -1.0f, 550f, 550f); } catch (Exception de) { de.printStackTrace(); } document.close(); } }