The simplest way to do it is to use PdfContentByte.setTextMatrix(). Measure the
width and height (height is possibly the leading) of the text and adapt the
matrix to fit it exactly to the rectangle.
Paulo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suheb Ahmad [mailto:khan.su...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:02 PM
> To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [iText-questions] Text Scaling in ItextSharp
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have some images which were converted into xml files and
> searchable PDF
> files using some OCR engine. But latter on I found that there are some
> spelling mistakes and a few words are missing in the xml file
> and also in
> searchable PDF file.
>
> The PDF file is a searchable PDF (text behind image) file and
> the xml file
> contains all the details of the OCR having the information
> about the region
> coordinate, text, font details and color information.
>
> I am using ItextSharp to create a pdf using the image and xml
> file. I have
> done it but there is a problem with text.
>
> The text added in pdf using chunk does not fit in the
> rectangle some words
> displayed incorrectly like 'Times' is written as 'sTime'. I have tried
> chunk.HorizontalScaling(0.72f) but it resize the text and
> rectangle also so
> problem remain same.
>
> I am using following code:
>
> PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContentUnder;
> ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
>
> FontFactory.RegisterDirectory(@"C:\WINDOWS\fonts");
> FontFactory.RegisterDirectory(@"C:\WINDOWS\fonts\Arial.ttf");
> FontFactory.RegisterDirectory(@"C:\WINDOWS\fonts\Times New
> Roman.ttf");
>
> chunk = new Chunk("New Zealand Trained Nurses' Association",
> FontFactory.GetFont("Times New Roman", "Cp1252",
> BaseFont.EMBEDDED, 20, 0,
> iTextSharp.text.Color.RED));
> chunk.HorizontalScaling(0.72f);
> chunk.SetTextRenderMode(PdfContentByte.TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL, 0,
> iTextSharp.text.Color.MAGENTA);
> rect = new iTextSharp.text.Rectangle(184, 1063, 376, 1063);
> ct.SetSimpleColumn(rect.Left, rect.Bottom, rect.Right,
> rect.Top, 0, 0);
> ct.AddText(chunk);
> ct.Go();
>
>
> How can i use the scaling in the text so that text can be fitted in
> rectangle without changing the font size?
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Suheb Ahmad
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