Drawing paragraphs that mix text styles and colors, and text with a vertical offset, in a PDF/UA document.
Example_49.pdf — the PDF this example creates.
/*
* Example_49.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_49.java
*/
public class Example_49 {
public Example_49() throws Exception {
PDF pdf = new PDF(
new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("Example_49.pdf")));
pdf.setCompliance(Compliance.PDF_UA_1);
pdf.setTitle("Paragraphs with mixed text styles");
Font f1 = new Font(pdf, SourceSerif4.Regular);
f1.setSize(14f);
Font f2 = new Font(pdf, SourceSerif4.Italic);
f2.setSize(16f);
Page page = new Page(pdf, Letter.PORTRAIT);
Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph()
.add(new TextLine(f1, "Hello"))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "W").setTextColor(Color.black))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "o").setTextColor(Color.red))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "r").setTextColor(Color.green))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "l").setTextColor(Color.blue))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "d").setTextColor(Color.black))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "$").setVerticalOffset(1f))
.add(new TextLine(f2, "29.95").setTextColor(Color.blue))
.setTextAlignment(Alignment.RIGHT);
Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph()
.add(new TextLine(f1, "Hello"))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "World"))
.add(new TextLine(f1, "$"))
.add(new TextLine(f2, "29.95").setTextColor(Color.blue))
.setTextAlignment(Alignment.RIGHT);
TextColumn column = new TextColumn();
column.addParagraph(paragraph1);
column.addParagraph(paragraph2);
column.setLocation(70f, 150f);
column.setWidth(500f);
column.drawOn(page);
List<Paragraph> paragraphs = new ArrayList<Paragraph>();
paragraphs.add(paragraph1);
paragraphs.add(paragraph2);
TextFrame text = new TextFrame(paragraphs);
text.setLocation(70f, 200f);
text.setWidth(500f);
text.drawOn(page);
TextLine textLine = new TextLine(f1, "Hello, World!");
textLine.setLocation(100f, 300f);
textLine.setTextRotation(-30);
textLine.setVerticalOffset(50f);
textLine.setUnderline(true);
textLine.drawOn(page);
pdf.complete();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
long time0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
new Example_49();
long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.printf("Example_49 => %4d ms%n", time1 - time0);
}
} // End of Example_49.java
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