ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in C# with ByteScout PDF Suite

Learn to set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in C#

The code displayed below will guide you to install an C# app to set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk. Want to set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in your C# app? ByteScout PDF Suite is designed for it. ByteScout PDF Suite is the set that includes 6 SDK products to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript.

This prolific sample source code in C# for ByteScout PDF Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the C# code. Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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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);
        }
    }
}