/* * Text as clipping path: * Output text filled with an image * * Use various text rendering modes to place an image clipped by some text * outlines. * Use the "textrendering=7" parameter to add text to the clipping path. Then * place an image clipped by that path. * Use "textrendering=5" to stroke text and add it to the clipping path. Then * place an image clipped by that path. * * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9 * Required data: image file */ package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.text_output; import com.pdflib.pdflib; import com.pdflib.PDFlibException; public class text_as_clipping_path { public static void main(String argv[]) { /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */ String searchpath = "../input"; String outfile = "text_as_clipping_path.pdf"; String title = "Text as Clipping Path"; pdflib p = null; String imagefile = "nesrin.jpg"; int font, image; int exitcode = 0; try { p = new pdflib(); p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}"); /* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */ p.set_option("errorpolicy=return"); if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook"); p.set_info("Title", title); /* Load the font. */ font = p.load_font("Helvetica-Bold", "unicode", ""); if (font == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); /* Load the image */ image = p.load_image("auto", imagefile, ""); if (image == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); /* Start an A4 landscape page */ p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width"); /* Save the current graphics state */ p.save(); /* * Output some text with the text rendering mode set to "add text * to the clipping path". The text outlines will not actually be * filled but be added to the clipping path instead. */ p.fit_textline("Hello!", 30, 250, "font=" + font + " fontsize=250 textrendering=7"); /* Place the image */ p.fit_image(image, 0.0, 0.0, "boxsize={842 595} fitmethod=entire"); /* Restore the current graphics state */ p.restore(); /* Save the current graphics state */ p.save(); /* * Output some text with the text rendering mode set to "stroke * text and add it to the clipping path". The text outlines will * not actually be filled but be added to the clipping path * instead. */ p.set_graphics_option("linewidth=8"); p.fit_textline("Hello!", 100, 50, "font=" + font + " fontsize=200 " + "strokecolor={rgb 0.1 0.1 0.1} textrendering=5"); /* Place the image */ p.fit_image(image, 0.0, 0.0, "boxsize={842 595} fitmethod=entire"); p.close_image(image); /* Restore the current graphics state */ p.restore(); p.end_page_ext(""); p.end_document(""); } catch (PDFlibException e) { System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:"); System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() + ": " + e.get_errmsg()); exitcode = 1; } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e); exitcode = 1; } finally { if (p != null) { p.delete(); } System.exit(exitcode); } } }