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Imports System
Imports com.lowagie.text
Imports com.lowagie.text.pdf
Imports java.io

Public Class Chap0204
    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
        Console.WriteLine("Chapter 2 example 4: Negative leading")

        ' step 1: creation of a document-object
        Dim Document As New Document()

        ' step 2:
        ' we create a writer that listens to the document
        ' and directs a PDF-stream to a file
        PdfWriter.getInstance(Document, New FileOutputStream("Chap0204.pdf"))

        ' step 3: we open the document
        Document.open()

        ' step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
        Document.add(New Phrase(16, vbCrLf & vbCrLf & vbCrLf))
        Document.add(New Phrase(-16, "Hello, this is a very long phrase to show you the somewhat odd effect of a negative leading. You can write from bottom to top. This is not fully supported. It's something between a feature and a bug."))

        ' step 5: we close the document
        Document.close()
    End Sub
End Class