Andrew Smith wrote: >Is there something in the itext api to mimic the >autosize feature that Adobe Acrobat provides for form >fields? > > Yes. If you set the fontsize to 0, the font-size will be adjusted automatically so that the text fits the text field. AcroFields form = stamper.getAcroFields(); form.setFieldProperty("field", "textsize", new Float(0), null);
>The problem I have is that my height is too large. The >fonts always appear too large on the resulting form. > > Oh, I don't know if this will be fixed by setting the font-size to 0. >Any characters below or above the line like j's and >g's are especially problematic. Is there some constant >adjustment factor I need to scale my font by? Is there >a better way to go about this? > There is a way to adjust the positioning of the text, but it doesn't scale the font.: form.setExtraMargin(3, 3); br, Bruno _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions