Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class XandYcoordinatesPdfContentByteText { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("XandYcoordinatesPdfContentByteText.pdf")); document.open(); PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); cb.beginText(); cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 12); cb.showTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_CENTER, "text", 200, 300, 0); cb.endText(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); } document.close(); } }