Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.Font; import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PatternColor; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPatternPainter; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class TextPatternColorPDF { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("TextPatternColorPDF.pdf")); document.open(); PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); PdfPatternPainter p = cb.createPattern(6f, 6f, 6f, 6f); p.setColorFill(Color.red); p.circle(2, 2, 2); p.stroke(); document.add(new Paragraph("asdfasdf", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 60, Font.BOLD, new PatternColor(p)))); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } document.close(); } }