Using the CompositeTextLine together with the Table class to draw the H2O formula in the cells of a PDF/UA table.
Example_15.pdf — the PDF this example creates.
/*
* Example_15.java
*
* Copyright (c) 2026 PDFjet Software
* Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in the project root.
*/
package examples;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.pdfjet.*;
import com.pdfjet.fonts.*;
/**
* Example_15.java
*/
public class Example_15 {
public Example_15() throws Exception {
PDF pdf = new PDF(
new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("Example_15.pdf")));
pdf.setCompliance(Compliance.PDF_UA_1);
pdf.setTitle("PDF/UA compliant PDF");
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Bold);
Font f2 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
Font f3 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
Font f4 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Bold);
Font f5 = new Font(pdf, IBMPlexSans.Regular);
List<List<Cell>> tableData = new ArrayList<List<Cell>>();
List<Cell> row = null;
Cell cell = null;
for (int i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
row = new ArrayList<Cell>();
for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
if (i == 0) {
cell = new Cell(f1);
} else {
cell = new Cell(f2);
}
cell.setTopPadding(10f);
cell.setBottomPadding(10f);
cell.setLeftPadding(10f);
cell.setRightPadding(10f);
cell.setText("Hello " + i + " " + j);
CompositeTextLine composite = new CompositeTextLine(0f, 0f);
composite.setFontSize(12.0f);
TextLine line1 = new TextLine(f3, "H");
TextLine line2 = new TextLine(f4, "2");
TextLine line3 = new TextLine(f5, "O");
line2.setScriptPosition(ScriptPosition.SUBSCRIPT);
composite.addComponent(line1);
composite.addComponent(line2);
composite.addComponent(line3);
if (i == 0 || j == 0) {
cell.setCompositeTextLine(composite);
cell.setBackgroundColor(Color.deepskyblue);
} else {
cell.setBackgroundColor(Color.dodgerblue);
}
cell.setBorderColor(Color.lightgray);
cell.setTextColor(Color.black);
row.add(cell);
}
tableData.add(row);
}
Table table = new Table();
table.setTableData(tableData, 2);
table.setBottomMargin(15f);
table.setLocation(70f, 30f);
table.autoAdjustColumnWidths();
List<Page> pages = new ArrayList<Page>();
table.drawOn(pdf, pages, A4.PORTRAIT);
for (int i = 0; i < pages.size(); i++) {
Page page = pages.get(i);
page.addFooter(new TextLine(f1, "Page " + (i + 1) + " of " + pages.size()));
pdf.addPage(page);
}
pdf.complete();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
long time0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
new Example_15();
long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.printf("Example_15 => %4d ms%n", time1 - time0);
}
} // End of Example_15.java
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