What replaces chunk in iText 7?

Question

Attempting to use iText 7 in java. Want to have part of a paragraph be bold. Apparently in earlier releases this was done by formatting \"chunks\" separately then adding t

Answer 1

Text in com.itextpdf.layout.element is meant to be an alternative for Chunk.

To make a part of a paragraph bold, you would need a bold font to be specified for a piece of a text.

Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
p.add(new Text("this will be in bold").setFont(boldFont));

Alternatively, you can rely on iText to simulate bold for regular font, but this is not a preferred way.

p.add(new Text("bold will be simulated for regular font").setBold());

Please check out the jumpstart tutorial written by Bruno Lowagie.