ByteScout PDF Suite – VB.NET – 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 VB.NET and ByteScout PDF Suite

This code in VB.NET shows how to set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk with this how to tutorial

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example VB.NET source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. 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. It can set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do set intercharacter spacing for text in pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout PDF Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instructions. Applying VB.NET 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.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

''' <summary>
''' This example demonstrates how to change the intercharacter spacing.
''' </summary>
Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create new document
        Dim pdfDocument = New Document()
        pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
		pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"
        ' Add page
        Dim page = New Page(PaperFormat.A4)
        pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page)

        Dim canvas = page.Canvas

        Dim font = New Font("Arial", 16)
        Dim brush = New SolidBrush()
        Dim 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 document in default PDF viewer app
        Process.Start("result.pdf")

    End Sub

End Class