How to use the font scaling to expand a string using ByteScout PDF SDK

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How to use the font scaling to expand a string using ByteScout PDF SDK

The example demonstrates how to use the font scaling to expand a string 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 use the font scaling to expand a string.
''' </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 font = New Font("Arial", 16)
        Dim brush = New SolidBrush()
        Dim stringFormat = New StringFormat()
 
        stringFormat.Scaling = 100.0F
        page.Canvas.DrawString("Normal string 100.0%", font, brush, 20, 20, stringFormat)
 
        stringFormat.Scaling = 50.0F
        page.Canvas.DrawString("Squeezed string 50.0%", font, brush, 20, 50, stringFormat)
 
        stringFormat.Scaling = 150.0F
        page.Canvas.DrawString("Expanded string 150.0%", 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 StringScaling
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to use the font scaling to expand a string.
    /// </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);
 
            Font font = new Font("Arial", 16);
            Brush brush = new SolidBrush();
            StringFormat stringFormat = new StringFormat();
 
            stringFormat.Scaling = 100f;
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Normal string 100.0%", font, brush, 20, 20, stringFormat);
 
            stringFormat.Scaling = 50.0f;
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Squeezed string 50.0%", font, brush, 20, 50, stringFormat);
 
            stringFormat.Scaling = 150.0f;
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Expanded string 150.0%", 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");
        }
    }
}

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