VerticalTextPDF.java Source code

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import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Image;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class VerticalTextPDF {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
        try {
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("VerticalTextPDF.pdf"));
            document.open();
            PdfTemplate template = writer.getDirectContent().createTemplate(20, 20);
            BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("Helvetica", "winansi", false);
            String text = "Vertical";
            float size = 16;
            float width = bf.getWidthPoint(text, size);
            template.beginText();
            template.setFontAndSize(bf, size);
            template.setTextMatrix(0, 2);
            template.showText(text);
            template.endText();
            template.setWidth(width);

            Image img = Image.getInstance(template);
            img.setRotationDegrees(90);

            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(img));
            document.add(table);
        } catch (Exception de) {
            de.printStackTrace();
        }
        document.close();
    }
}