Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.Font; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class WidthHeightPDF { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("WidthHeightPDF.pdf")); document.open(); BaseFont bfComic = BaseFont.createFont("c:\\windows\\fonts\\arial.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); document.add(new Paragraph("width: " + bfComic.getWidthPoint("a", 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("ascent: " + bfComic.getAscentPoint("A", 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("descent: " + bfComic.getDescentPoint("aaa", 12))); document.add(new Paragraph( "height: " + (bfComic.getAscentPoint("AAA", 12) - bfComic.getDescentPoint("AAA", 12)))); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); } document.close(); } }