com.cete.dynamicpdf.text
Class KerningValues

Example: The following example will display text on the page.

import com.cete.dynamicpdf.*;
import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.*;
import com.cete.dynamicpdf.text.*;
 
public class MyClass{
       public static void main(String args[]){
         // Create a PDF Document
         Document document = new Document();
        
         // Create a Page and add it to the document
         Page page = new Page();
         document.getPages().add(page);
        
                
         //Assign some text to a string
         String text = "To and WA are examples of when kerning would be used.";
        
         // Create a textarea
         TextArea textArea = new TextArea(text, 10, 10, 400, 700, Font.getTimesRoman());
        
         // Must be enabled before kern values can be read
         textArea.setKerningEnabled( true);
        
         // Create a KerningValues
         KerningValues kernValues = textArea.getKerningValues();
        
         // Assign positive value for making the space between chars closer and negative value for making the space further
         for (int i = 0; i < kernValues.getSpacing().length; i++) {
            kernValues.getSpacing()[i]= (short)(kernValues.getSpacing()[i]- 400);
         }
        
         // Add the text area to the page
         page.getElements().add( textArea );
 
         // Save the PDF
         document.draw("[PhysicalPath]/MyDocument.pdf" );
       }
 }