Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.Element; import com.lowagie.text.Font; import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory; import com.lowagie.text.PageSize; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf")); document.open(); MultiColumnText mct = new MultiColumnText(); mct.addSimpleColumn(100, 280); mct.addSimpleColumn(300, 480); for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) { mct.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i + 1))); mct.addElement(newParagraph("noun", Element.ALIGN_CENTER, Font.BOLDITALIC)); for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) { mct.addElement(newParagraph("Line", Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL)); } mct.addElement(newParagraph("adverb", Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL)); mct.addElement(newParagraph("\n\n", Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL)); } document.add(mct); document.close(); document.close(); } private static Element newParagraph(String text, int alignment, int type) { Font font = FontFactory.getFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, 10, type); Paragraph p = new Paragraph(text, font); p.setAlignment(alignment); p.setLeading(font.size() * 1.2f); return p; } }