ColumnText.ShowTextAligned() cuts off text after linebreak

Question

I have the following code to print a text onto a PDF document using iTextSharp:

canvas = stamper.GetOverContent(i)
watermarkFont = iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.C         


        

Answer 1

As documented, the ShowTextAligned() method can only be used to draw a single line. If you want to draw two lines, you have two options:

Option 1: use the method twice:

ColumnText.ShowTextAligned(canvas, Element.ALIGN_TOP, new Phrase("line 1"), 0, 50, 0)
ColumnText.ShowTextAligned(canvas, Element.ALIGN_TOP, new Phrase("line 2"), 0, 25, 0)

Option 2: use ColumnText in a different way:

ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(canvas);
ct.SetSimpleColumn(rect);
ct.AddElement(new Paragraph("line 1"));
ct.AddElement(new Paragraph("line 2"));
ct.Go();

In this code snippet, rect is of type Rectangle. It defines the area where you want to add the text. See How to add text in PdfContentByte rectangle using itextsharp?