/* * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30869268/java-itext-alignment */ package sandbox.objects; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Element; 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 SpaceCharRatioExample { public static final String DEST = "results/objects/space_char_ratio.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new SpaceCharRatioExample().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { // step 1 Document document = new Document(); // step 2 PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); // step 3 document.open(); // step 4 writer.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO); Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph(); paragraph.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED); paragraph.setIndentationLeft(20); paragraph.setIndentationRight(20); paragraph.add("HelloWorld HelloWorld HelloWorld HelloWorld HelloWorld"+ "HelloWorld HelloWorldHelloWorldHelloWorldHelloWorld"+ "HelloWorld HelloWorld HelloWorld HelloWorldHelloWorldHelloWorld"); document.add(paragraph); // step 5 document.close(); } }