At 12:54 PM -0700 7/24/03, Matt Benson wrote:
What would be the difference between these two
approaches regarding the database data:

1) Add the data as precisely-positioned text.
2) Add precisely-positioned data fields and populate.


Performance and typography. #1 will be faster and supports all of the typographical features of iText (kerning, arabic shaping, font/style selection etc.). #2 will limit you to Acrobat form fields and their restrictions - unless you want to deal with flattening...



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