Underscores don't show because they are below the baseline. Other characters with descenders, such as 'p', will also be cut. Set the template bbox with some negative slack:
template.setBoundingBox(new Rectangle(0, -20, document.getPageSize().width(), document.getPageSize().height())) Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] PdfTemplate and UNDERLINE question > > > Hello Everyone! > > Is it possible to write and UNDERLINE/UNDERSCORE using PdfTemplate? > > I've been trying this code and it seems to be not diplaying the > pFont.getFixedText() when it is composed of UNDERSCORES ("______" ). > Dashes ("------") and other characters are displayed properly though. > > template = contentByteUnder.createTemplate( > document.getPageSize().width(), > document.getPageSize().height() ); > template.beginText(); > template.setFontAndSize( baseFont, pFont.getFontSize() ); > template.setColorFill( new Color( pFont.getRed(), pFont.getGreen(), > pFont.getBlue() ) ); > template.showText( pFont.getFixedText() ); > template.endText(); > template.closePathStroke(); > contentByteUnder.addTemplate( template, getAbsolutePosition( > pFont.getX1() ), > getAbsolutePosition( pFont.getY1() ) ); > > > Thanks in advance for the help! > > > Paul > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
