text_output/transparent_text
Create some transparent text.
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/*
* Transparent text:
* Create some transparent text
*
* Display a background image and show transparent text in the foreground.
* Create transparency by applying an extended graphics state with the
* "opacityfill" option set to a value less than 1.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: image file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.text_output;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class transparent_text
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "transparent_text.pdf";
String title = "Transparent Text";
pdflib p = null;
String imagefile = "nesrin.jpg";
int image, gstate;
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 image */
image = p.load_image("auto", imagefile, "");
if (image == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Start page */
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
/* Draw a yellow background rectangle */
p.setcolor("fill", "rgb", 1, 0.9, 0.58, 0);
p.rect(0, 0, 842, 595);
p.fill();
/* Output a background image */
p.fit_image(image, 50, 50, "");
/* Save the current graphics state. The save/restore of the current
* state is not necessarily required, but it will help you get back to
* a graphics state without any transparency.
*/
p.save();
/* Create an extended graphics state with transparency set to 50%, using
* create_gstate() with the "opacityfill" option set to 0.5.
*/
gstate = p.create_gstate("opacityfill=.5");
/* Apply the extended graphics state */
p.set_gstate(gstate);
/* Display some red text which will be transparent according to the
* graphics state set
*/
p.setcolor("fill", "rgb", 1, 0.9, 0.58, 0);
p.fit_textline("My favorite holiday photo", 100, 100,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=50");
/* 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);
}
}
}