Java tutorial
/* * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie, author of the book * 'iText in Action' by Manning Publications (ISBN: 1932394796). * You can use this example as inspiration for your own applications. * The following license applies: * http://www.1t3xt.com/about/copyright/index.php?page=MIT */ package classroom.intro; 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 HelloWorld08 { public static final String RESULT = "results/classroom/intro/hello08.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) { Document.compress = false; // step 1 Document document = new Document(); try { // step 2 PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(RESULT)); // step 3 document.open(); // step 4 PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); cb.beginText(); cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 12); cb.moveText(88.66f, 788); cb.showText("ld"); cb.moveText(-22f, 0); cb.showText("Wor"); cb.moveText(-15.33f, 0); cb.showText("llo"); cb.endText(); PdfTemplate tmp = cb.createTemplate(250, 25); tmp.beginText(); tmp.setFontAndSize(bf, 12); tmp.moveText(0, 7); tmp.showText("He"); tmp.endText(); cb.addTemplate(tmp, 36, 781); } catch (DocumentException de) { System.err.println(de.getMessage()); } catch (IOException ioe) { System.err.println(ioe.getMessage()); } // step 5 document.close(); } }