FixedFontWidthPDF.java Source code

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import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class FixedFontWidthPDF {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("FixedFontWidthPDF.pdf"));
            document.open();
            BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("Helvetica", "winansi", false, false, null, null);
            int widths[] = bf.getWidths();
            for (int k = 0; k < widths.length; ++k) {
                if (widths[k] != 0)
                    widths[k] = 1000;
            }
            bf.setForceWidthsOutput(true);
            document.add(new Paragraph("Helvetica with fixed width.", new Font(bf)));
        } catch (Exception de) {
            de.printStackTrace();
        }
        document.close();
    }
}