The example demonstrates how to change the word spacing using ByteScout PDF SDK.
Program.vb:
VB
'******************************************************************* ' ByteScout PDF SDK ' ' Copyright © 2016 Bytescout, https://bytescout.com ' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ' '******************************************************************* Imports Bytescout.PDF ''' <summary> ''' This example demonstrates how to change the word 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 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 document in default PDF viewer app Process.Start("result.pdf") End Sub End Class
Program.cs:
C#
//******************************************************************* // ByteScout PDF SDK // // Copyright © 2016 ByteScout - https://bytescout.com // ALL RIGHTS RESERVED // //******************************************************************* 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 document in default PDF viewer app Process.Start("result.pdf"); } } }