Text transformations in C# and VB.NET

The following example shows how to apply various transformations, such as rotation and scaling, to text drawn on a PDF page.

Complete code

using System;
using SautinSoft.Pdf;
using System.IO;
using SautinSoft.Pdf.Content;

class Program
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Create a page tree.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/pdf/help/net/developer-guide/text-transformations.php
    /// </remarks>
    static void Main()
    {
        // Before starting this example, please get a free 30-day trial key:
        // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

        // Apply the key here:
        // PdfDocument.SetLicense("...");

        using (var document = new PdfDocument())
        {
            //Create a new page.
            var page = document.Pages.Add();

            using (var formattedText = new PdfFormattedText())
            {
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                var text = "Rotated by 30 degrees around origin.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                var origin = new PdfPoint(50, 650);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                var transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Rotate(30);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                text = "Rotated by 30 degrees around center.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                origin = new PdfPoint(300, 650);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Rotate(30, formattedText.Width / 2, formattedText.Height / 2);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                text = "Scaled horizontally by 0.5 around origin.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                origin = new PdfPoint(50, 500);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Scale(0.5, 1);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                text = "Scaled horizontally by 0.5 around center.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                origin = new PdfPoint(300, 500);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Scale(0.5, 1, formattedText.Width / 2, formattedText.Height / 2);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                text = "Scaled vertically by 2 around origin.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                origin = new PdfPoint(50, 400);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Scale(1, 2);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                text = "Scaled vertically by 2 around center.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                origin = new PdfPoint(300, 400);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.Append(text);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Scale(1, 2, formattedText.Width / 2, formattedText.Height / 2);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                text = "Rotated by 30 degrees around origin and ";
                var text2 = "scaled horizontally by 0.5 and ";
                var text3 = "vertically by 2 around origin.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.AppendLine(text).AppendLine(text2).Append(text3);
                origin = new PdfPoint(50, 200);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.AppendLine(text).AppendLine(text2).Append(text3);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Rotate(30);
                transform.Scale(0.5, 2);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                text = "Rotated by 30 degrees around center and ";
                text2 = "scaled horizontally by 0.5 and ";
                text3 = "vertically by 2 around center.";
                formattedText.Opacity = 0.2;
                formattedText.AppendLine(text).AppendLine(text2).Append(text3);
                origin = new PdfPoint(300, 200);
                // Draw this text.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, origin);
                // Clear the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Clear();
                // Set up and fill the PdfFormattedText object.
                formattedText.Opacity = 1;
                formattedText.AppendLine(text).AppendLine(text2).Append(text3);
                // Create a trasformation matrix.
                transform = PdfMatrix.Identity;
                transform.Translate(origin.X, origin.Y);
                transform.Rotate(30, formattedText.Width / 2, formattedText.Height / 2);
                transform.Scale(0.5, 2, formattedText.Width / 2, formattedText.Height / 2);
                // Draw this text using a transformation matrix.
                page.Content.DrawText(formattedText, transform);
            }
            // Save PDF Document.
            document.Save("Transformations.pdf");
        }
    }
}

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The above example shows how to convert text on a single page. To convert text on multiple pages, see the watermark example.

The previous examples show how to write text in Latin script. The following examples show how to write text in other scripts, including Arabic, Hebrew, various Indian scripts, and other complex scripts.

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