Add simple html text to PDF

The SimpleXhtmlShape lets you add text with simple HTML mark-up to a PDF document.

Add Html Text To PDF

Here is the code that uses the SimpleXhtmlShape:

// create a new document
Document document = new Document();

// append a new page (portrait Letter)
bool landscape = false;

Page page = new Page(PageSize.Letter, landscape);
document.Pages.Add(page);

string xhtml = "<?xml version='1.0'?><body xfa:APIVersion=\"PDFKit:3.0.0.0\" xfa:spec=\"2.1\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" xmlns:xfa=\"http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/\">";
xhtml += "<p>With a simple Xhtml shape you can easily specify <b>bold</b> text, <i>italic</i> text, or <b><i>both</i></b>. ";
xhtml += "It is also possible to specify a different <span style='color:#ff0000'>color</span>,";
xhtml += "or a different <span style='font-family:courier'>font</span>, ";
xhtml += "<span style ='text-decoration:underline'>underline</span>, or ";
xhtml += "<span style ='text-decoration:line-through'>line-through</span>.</p> ";
xhtml += "<p>Of course, text can also be <span style='font-size:72'>big</span>.</p>";
xhtml += "<p>Note furthermore that &lt;p&gt; tags can be used to generate separate paragraphs.</p>";
xhtml += "</body>";

// stamp a text paragraph at the center

TranslateTransform translate = new TranslateTransform();
SimpleXhtmlShape xhtmlShape = new SimpleXhtmlShape();
xhtmlShape.Text = xhtml;
xhtmlShape.Transform = translate;

xhtmlShape.DefaultTextIndent = 20;
// center horizontally
xhtmlShape.Width = page.Width / 2;
translate.X = (page.Width - xhtmlShape.Width) / 2;

// Y corresponds to the top of the paragraph
// Translate the shape so it is centered vertically
translate.Y = page.Height / 2 + xhtmlShape.MeasuredHeight / 2;

page.VisualOverlay.Add(xhtmlShape);

using (FileStream file = new FileStream(@"..\..\formattedtext.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
{
    document.Write(file);
}

        ' create a new document
        Dim document As New Document()

        ' append a new page (portrait Letter)
        Dim landscape As Boolean = False

        Dim page As New Page(PageSize.Letter, landscape)
        document.Pages.Add(page)

        Dim xhtml As String = "<?xml version='1.0'?><body xfa:APIVersion=""PDFKit:3.0.0.0"" xfa:spec=""2.1"" xmlns=""http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"" xmlns:xfa=""http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/"">"
        xhtml += "<p>With a simple Xhtml shape you can easily specify <b>bold</b> text, <i>italic</i> text, or <b><i>both</i></b>. "
        xhtml += "It is also possible to specify a different <span style='color:#ff0000'>color</span>,"
        xhtml += "or a different <span style='font-family:courier'>font</span>, "
        xhtml += "<span style ='text-decoration:underline'>underline</span>, or "
        xhtml += "<span style ='text-decoration:line-through'>line-through</span>.</p> "
        xhtml += "<p>Of course, text can also be <span style='font-size:72'>big</span>.</p>"
        xhtml += "<p>Note furthermore that &lt;p&gt; tags can be used to generate separate paragraphs.</p>"
        xhtml += "</body>"

        ' stamp a text paragraph at the center

        Dim translate As New TranslateTransform()
        Dim xhtmlShape As New Shapes.SimpleXhtmlShape
        xhtmlShape.Text = xhtml
        xhtmlShape.Transform = translate

        xhtmlShape.DefaultTextIndent = 20
        ' center horizontally
        xhtmlShape.Width = page.Width / 2
        translate.X = (page.Width - xhtmlShape.Width) / 2

        ' Y corresponds to the top of the paragraph
        ' Translate the shape so it is centered vertically
        translate.Y = page.Height / 2 + xhtmlShape.MeasuredHeight / 2

        page.VisualOverlay.Add(xhtmlShape)

        Using file As New FileStream("..\..\formattedtext.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)
            document.Write(file)
        End Using