Set Word Spacing for Text in PDF - C#
PDF SDK sample in C# demonstrating ‘Set Word Spacing for Text in PDF’
Program.cs
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;
namespace WordSpacing
{
/// <summary>
/// This example demonstrates how to change the word spacing.
/// </summary>
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
// Create new document
Document pdfDocument = new Document();
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
// If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below and comment the Add page section instead
// pdfDocument.Load(@".\existing_document.pdf");
// Add page
Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);
Canvas canvas = page.Canvas;
Font font = new Font("Arial", 16);
Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat();
// Standard word spacing
stringFormat.WordSpacing = 0.0f;
canvas.DrawString("Standard word spacing 0.0", font, brush, 20, 20, stringFormat);
// Increased word spacing
stringFormat.WordSpacing = 5.0f;
canvas.DrawString("Increased word spacing 5.0", font, brush, 20, 50, stringFormat);
// Reduced word spacing
stringFormat.WordSpacing = -2.5f;
canvas.DrawString("Reduced word spacing -2.5", font, brush, 20, 80, stringFormat);
// Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");
// Cleanup
pdfDocument.Dispose();
// Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
Process.Start(processStartInfo);
}
}
}