Java tutorial
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.BaseFont; 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 TextPatternShapePDF { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("TextPatternShapePDF.pdf")); document.open(); PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("Times-Roman", "winansi", false); PdfPatternPainter p = cb.createPattern(30f, 30f, 30f, 30f); p.setGrayFill(0.3f); p.setFontAndSize(bf, 12); p.beginText(); p.setTextMatrix(1f, 0f, 0f, 1f, 0f, 0f); p.showText("A B C D"); p.endText(); p.moveTo(0f, 0f); p.lineTo(30f, 30f); p.stroke(); cb.setPatternFill(p); cb.circle(150f, 400f, 150f); cb.fillStroke(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } document.close(); } }