Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Chunk; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class SettingBackgroundSizePDF { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document = new Document(); try { PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("SettingBackgroundSizePDF.pdf")); document.open(); Chunk c = new Chunk("background chunk"); c.setBackground(new Color(0xFF, 0x00, 0x00), 5f, 30f, -10f, 0f); Paragraph p = new Paragraph("The following chunk is "); p.add(c); document.add(p); } catch (Exception ioe) { System.err.println(ioe.getMessage()); } document.close(); } }