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Drawing text using PdfContentByte

import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class TextPDF {   public static void main(String[] args) {     Document document = new Document();     try {       PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("TextPDF.pdf"));       document.open();       PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();       cb.beginText();       BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);       cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 12);       cb.showTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_CENTER, " Center", 250, 700, 0);       cb.endText();     } catch (Exception e) {       System.err.println(e.getMessage());     }     document.close();   } }                     itext.zip( 1,748 k)