/* * $Id: WidthHeight.java,v 1.2 2005/04/08 12:56:45 blowagie Exp $ * $Name: $ * * This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'. * You can find the complete tutorial at the following address: * http://itext.sourceforge.net/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.fonts.styles; import itext_test.Configuration; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.Font; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; /** * Asking a font for the width and height of a textstring. */ public class WidthHeight { /** * Width and height of a textstring * @param args no arguments needed */ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println("Width and height of a textstring"); // step 1: creation of a document-object Document document = new Document(); // step 2: creation of the writer-object PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("widthheight.pdf")); // step 3: we open the document document.open(); // step 4: we add content to the document BaseFont bfComic = BaseFont.createFont(Configuration.fontsDirectory + File.separator + "comic.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); Font font = new Font(bfComic, 12); String text1 = "quick brown fox jumps"; String text2 = " over "; String text3 = "the lazy dog"; document.add(new Paragraph(text1, font)); document.add(new Paragraph("width: " + bfComic.getWidthPoint(text1, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("ascent: " + bfComic.getAscentPoint(text1, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("descent: " + bfComic.getDescentPoint(text1, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("height: " + (bfComic.getAscentPoint(text1, 12) - bfComic.getDescentPoint(text1, 12)))); document.add(new Paragraph(text2, font)); document.add(new Paragraph("width: " + bfComic.getWidthPoint(text2, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("ascent: " + bfComic.getAscentPoint(text2, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("descent: " + bfComic.getDescentPoint(text2, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("height: " + (bfComic.getAscentPoint(text2, 12) - bfComic.getDescentPoint(text2, 12)))); document.add(new Paragraph(text3, font)); document.add(new Paragraph("width: " + bfComic.getWidthPoint(text3, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("ascent: " + bfComic.getAscentPoint(text3, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("descent: " + bfComic.getDescentPoint(text3, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("height: " + (bfComic.getAscentPoint(text3, 12) - bfComic.getDescentPoint(text3, 12)))); document.add(new Paragraph(text1 + text2 + text3, font)); document.add(new Paragraph("width: " + bfComic.getWidthPoint(text1 + text2 + text3, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("ascent: " + bfComic.getAscentPoint(text1 + text2 + text3, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("descent: " + bfComic.getDescentPoint(text1 + text2 + text3, 12))); document.add(new Paragraph("height: " + (bfComic.getAscentPoint(text1 + text2 + text3, 12) - bfComic.getDescentPoint(text1 + text2 + text3, 12)))); // step 5: we close the document document.close(); } }