/* * This question was answered by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32945733/itext-spacingbefore-property-applied-to-paragraph-causes-new-page */ package sandbox.objects; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; /** * * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software) */ @WrapToTest public class ParagraphSpacingBefore { public static final String DEST = "results/objects/paragraph_spacebefore.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new ParagraphSpacingBefore().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String filename) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(filename)); document.open(); Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph("First paragraph"); Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph("Second paragraph"); paragraph2.setSpacingBefore(380f); document.add(paragraph1); document.add(paragraph2); document.close(); } }