Add paragraph in PDF using iText

To Add Paragraph in PDF using iText library is very easy. You can also set spacing between 2 paragraphs. Spacing can be added After/Before each of the paragraphs.

Important Class – com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph

For adding spacing we can use either
a) setSpacingBefore(float spacing)
b) setSpacingAfter(float spacing)

For Indentation either Right or left we can use
a) setIndentationLeft(float indentation)
b) setIndentationRight(float indentation)

Example

Lets see example on how to add paragraph in PDF using iText. We will have 2 paragraphs created and add a space between these paragraphs.

package com.kscodes.examples.itext;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;

import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class ParagraphExample {

public static void main(String args[]) {

// Create a Document object

Document document = new Document();

try {

// Create a PdfWriter instance and use the document to write the pdf

// to a specified location

PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("K:\\Kscodes\\pdf\\itext-para.pdf"));

document.open();

Paragraph para1 = new Paragraph(

"Anyone, anywhere can open a PDF file. All you need is the free Adobe Acrobat "

+ "Reader. Recipients of other file formats sometimes can't open files because they "

+ "don't have the applications used to create the documents.");

Paragraph para2 = new Paragraph("PDF files always display exactly as created, "

+ "regardless of fonts, software, and operating systems. Fonts, "

+ "and graphics are not lost due to platform, software, and version incompatibilities.");

// Set Indentation Left for 1st Paragraph

para1.setIndentationLeft(30f);

// Set Indentation Right for 2nd Paragraph

para2.setIndentationRight(40f);

// Set Spacing Before 2nd paragragh

para2.setSpacingBefore(20f);

// Add elements to the document

document.add(para1);

document.add(para2);

// close the document

document.close();

System.out.println("PDF created at the location !!!");

} catch (Exception e) {

System.out.println("Exception occured :: " + e);

}

Output
Add paragraph in PDF using iText