Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class DrawTextWithRGBFillPDF { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("DrawTextWithRGBFillPDF.pdf")); document.open(); PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); PdfTemplate template = cb.createTemplate(500, 200); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); template.beginText(); template.setFontAndSize(bf, 180); template.setRGBColorFill(0xFF, 0x00, 0x00); template.showTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_LEFT, "PDF", 125f, 35f, 0f); template.resetRGBColorFill(); template.endText(); cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 1, -1, 0, 500, 200); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); } document.close(); } }