/* * $Id$ * * This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'. * You can find the complete tutorial at the following address: * http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/ * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * * itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net */ package com.lowagie.examples.objects; 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.Font; import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory; import com.lowagie.text.Phrase; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; /** * How to use class Phrase. * * @author blowagie */ public class Phrases { /** * Demonstrates how the class Phrase works. * * @param args * no arguments needed here */ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Phrases"); // step 1: creation of a document-object Document document = new Document(); try { // step 2: // we create a writer that listens to the document PdfWriter .getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("Phrases.pdf")); // step 3: we open the document document.open(); // step 4: Phrase phrase1 = new Phrase("(1) this is a phrase\n"); // In this example the leading is passed as a parameter Phrase phrase2 = new Phrase( 24, "(2) this is a phrase with leading 24. You can only see the difference if the line is long enough. Do you see it? There is more space between this line and the previous one.\n"); // When a Font is passed (explicitely or embedded in a chunk), // the default leading = 1.5 * size of the font Phrase phrase3 = new Phrase( "(3) this is a phrase with a red, normal font Courier, size 20. As you can see the leading is automatically changed.\n", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.COURIER, 20, Font.NORMAL, new Color(255, 0, 0))); Phrase phrase4 = new Phrase(new Chunk("(4) this is a phrase\n")); Phrase phrase5 = new Phrase( 18, new Chunk( "(5) this is a phrase in Helvetica, bold, red and size 16 with a given leading of 18 points.\n", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 16, Font.BOLD, new Color(255, 0, 0)))); // A Phrase can contains several chunks with different fonts Phrase phrase6 = new Phrase("(6)"); Chunk chunk = new Chunk(" This is a font: "); phrase6.add(chunk); phrase6.add(new Chunk("Helvetica", FontFactory.getFont( FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12))); phrase6.add(chunk); phrase6.add(new Chunk("Times New Roman", FontFactory.getFont( FontFactory.TIMES_ROMAN, 12))); phrase6.add(chunk); phrase6.add(new Chunk("Courier", FontFactory.getFont( FontFactory.COURIER, 12))); phrase6.add(chunk); phrase6.add(new Chunk("Symbol", FontFactory.getFont( FontFactory.SYMBOL, 12))); phrase6.add(chunk); phrase6.add(new Chunk("ZapfDingBats", FontFactory.getFont( FontFactory.ZAPFDINGBATS, 12))); Phrase phrase7 = new Phrase( "(7) if you don't add a newline yourself, all phrases are glued to eachother!"); document.add(phrase1); document.add(phrase2); document.add(phrase3); document.add(phrase4); document.add(phrase5); document.add(phrase6); document.add(phrase7); } catch (DocumentException de) { System.err.println(de.getMessage()); } catch (IOException ioe) { System.err.println(ioe.getMessage()); } // step 5: we close the document document.close(); } }