ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Intercharacter Spacing for Text in PDF

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ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Intercharacter Spacing for Text in PDF

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How to set intercharacter spacing for text in PDF in C# with ByteScout PDF SDK

How to set intercharacter spacing for text in PDF in C#

This sample source code below will demonstrate you how to set intercharacter spacing for text in PDF in C#. ByteScout PDF SDK is the SDK for pdf documents generation, modification and updates. Can also generate and fill PDF forms. Provides support for text (fonts, style, size, font family), layers, pdf form fields, vector and raster drawings. It can set intercharacter spacing for text in PDF in C#.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF SDK for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to set intercharacter spacing for text in PDF. In your C# project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace IntercharacterSpacing
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to change the intercharacter spacing.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // 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 spacing
            stringFormat.CharacterSpacing = 0.0f;
            canvas.DrawString("Standard intercharacter spacing 0.0", font, brush, 20, 20, stringFormat);

            // Increased spacing 
            stringFormat.CharacterSpacing = 1.0f;
            canvas.DrawString("Increased intercharacter spacing 1.0", font, brush, 20, 50, stringFormat);

            // Reduced spacing
            stringFormat.CharacterSpacing = -0.75f;
            canvas.DrawString("Reduced intercharacter spacing -0.75", 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);
        }
    }
}