In iText 8, if you want to style only part of the text inside a Paragraph object, you can use the Text object to encapsulate the text that needs separate styling.
Here’s an example:
package org.kodejava.itext;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFont;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.colors.DeviceRgb;
import com.itextpdf.layout.Document;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Text;
import com.itextpdf.io.font.constants.StandardFonts;
public class ParagraphTextExample {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
PdfWriter writer = new PdfWriter("styled-text.pdf");
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(writer);
try (Document document = new Document(pdf)) {
PdfFont font = PdfFontFactory.createFont(StandardFonts.HELVETICA);
// Create a Text object and style it
Text text1 = new Text("This text is green and super bold. ")
.setFont(font)
.setFontSize(15)
.setFontColor(new DeviceRgb(0, 255, 0))
.setBold();
// Create another Text object and style it differently
Text text2 = new Text("This text is blue and italic. ")
.setFont(font)
.setFontSize(12)
.setFontColor(new DeviceRgb(0, 0, 255))
.setItalic();
// Create another Text object and style it differently
final String text = """
What's in a name? \
That which we call a rose by any other name \
would smell just as sweet.
""";
Text text3 = new Text(text)
.setFont(font)
.setFontSize(20)
.setFontColor(new DeviceRgb(243, 58, 106))
.setBold()
.setItalic();
// Add Text objects to a single Paragraph
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph().add(text1).add(text2).add(text3);
document.add(paragraph);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
In this example, three Text objects, text1, text2, and text3, are created with different styles. The Text objects are then added to a Paragraph object. As a result, the paragraph will have mixed styles, depending on the individual text elements.
Notably, you can apply a rich variety of styling on the Text objects, including font, size, color, background color, underlines, strike-through, superscripts, subscripts, and nearly any other style applicable to text.
Maven Dependencies
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itext-core</artifactId>
<version>8.0.2</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
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