Text, Fonts and Styling

Paragraphs and Fonts

import com.itextpdf.io.font.constants.StandardFonts;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFont;
import com.itextpdf.layout.properties.TextAlignment;

PdfFont bold = PdfFontFactory.createFont(StandardFonts.HELVETICA_BOLD);
Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Monthly Report")
    .setFont(bold).setFontSize(18)
    .setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.CENTER);
document.add(p);

Lists and Alignment

import com.itextpdf.layout.element.List;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.ListItem;

List list = new List().setSymbolIndent(12);
list.add(new ListItem("First item"));
list.add(new ListItem("Second item"));
document.add(list);

For non-Latin scripts (Hindi, Chinese, Arabic) embed a Unicode TTF with PdfFontFactory.createFont(path, PdfEncodings.IDENTITY_H) — the 14 standard fonts only cover Latin.