Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import com.lowagie.text.Chunk; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.Font; import com.lowagie.text.Phrase; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf")); document.open(); Font font = new Font(Font.COURIER, 10, Font.BOLD); font.setColor(new Color(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)); Chunk fox = new Chunk("this is a", font); fox.setBackground(new Color(0xa5, 0x2a, 0x2a)); Phrase p = new Phrase(fox); p.add(" test"); Chunk dog = new Chunk(" another test", new Font(Font.TIMES_ROMAN, 14, Font.ITALIC)); dog.setBackground(new Color(0xFF, 0x00, 0x00), 10, -30, 20, -10); p.add(dog); document.add(p); document.close(); } }