Mega Code Archive
Regular Columns
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import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
document.open();
MultiColumnText mct = new MultiColumnText();
mct.addRegularColumns(document.left(), document.right(), 10f, 3);
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
mct.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i + 1)));
mct.addElement(newParagraph("noun", Element.ALIGN_CENTER, Font.BOLDITALIC));
for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
mct.addElement(newParagraph("Line", Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));
}
mct.addElement(newParagraph("adverb", Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));
mct.addElement(newParagraph("\n\n", Element.ALIGN_LEFT, Font.NORMAL));
}
document.add(mct);
document.close();
}
private static Element newParagraph(String text, int alignment, int type) {
Font font = FontFactory.getFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, 10, type);
Paragraph p = new Paragraph(text, font);
p.setAlignment(alignment);
p.setLeading(font.size() * 1.2f);
return p;
}
}
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