ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Text Rotation in PDF

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ByteScout PDF SDK – C# – Set Text Rotation in PDF

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How to set text rotation in PDF in C# and ByteScout PDF SDK

How to code in C# to set text rotation in PDF with this step-by-step tutorial

Learn how to set text rotation in PDF in C# with this source code sample. ByteScout PDF SDK is the library 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 and you can use it to set text rotation in PDF with 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 text rotation in PDF. In order to implement the functionality, you should copy and paste this code for C# below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in C#.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace Text_Rotation
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create PDF document
            Document document = new Document();
            document.RegistrationName = "demo";
            document.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Create page
            Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);

            // Add page to document
            document.Pages.Add(page);

            Canvas canvas = page.Canvas;

            // Prepare font and brush
            Font font = new Font(StandardFonts.Helvetica, 24);
            SolidBrush blackBrush = new SolidBrush();

            // Draw simple text
            canvas.DrawString("Simple text.", font, blackBrush, 50, 100);

            // Save canvas state
            canvas.SaveGraphicsState();

            // Move canvas origin (0,0) point to (50,100)
            canvas.TranslateTransform(50, 100);

            // Rotate canvas at 45 deg around of the origin point
            canvas.RotateTransform(45);
            canvas.DrawString("Rotated 45", font, blackBrush, 0, 0);

            // Rotate another 45 deg
            canvas.RotateTransform(45);
            canvas.DrawString("Rotated 90", font, blackBrush, 0, 0);

            // Restore canvas state to reset all transformations
            canvas.RestoreGraphicsState();


            // Save document
            document.Save("result.pdf");

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}