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

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

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How to set word spacing for text in PDF in C# and ByteScout PDF SDK

Write code in C# to set word spacing for text in PDF with this step-by-step tutorial

With this source code sample you may quickly learn how to set word 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 be used to set word spacing for text in PDF using C#.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do set word spacing for text in PDF in C# with the help of ByteScout PDF SDK. In your C# project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Further enhancement of the code will make it more vigorous.

Trial version of ByteScout PDF SDK can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for C# and other programming languages.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace WordSpacing
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to change the word 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 word spacing
            stringFormat.WordSpacing = 0.0f;
            canvas.DrawString("Standard word spacing 0.0", font, brush, 20, 20, stringFormat);
            
            // Increased word spacing
            stringFormat.WordSpacing = 5.0f;
            canvas.DrawString("Increased word spacing 5.0", font, brush, 20, 50, stringFormat);

            // Reduced word spacing
            stringFormat.WordSpacing = -2.5f;
            canvas.DrawString("Reduced word spacing -2.5", 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);
        }
    }
}