iText 5 PDF - List Leading space Example

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Maven Dependency



 com.itextpdf
 itextpdf
 5.5.11

ListWithLeading.java

package com.javatutorialcorner.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font.FontFamily;
import com.itextpdf.text.List;
import com.itextpdf.text.ListItem;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
 

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ListWithLeading {
 
  public static final String DEST = "C:/JTC/ListWithLeading.pdf";
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new ListWithLeading().createPdf(DEST);
    }
 
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        Font font = new Font(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 12);
        List list1 = new List(12);
        list1.setListSymbol("\u2022");
        list1.add(new ListItem("Value 1", font));
        list1.add(new ListItem("Value 2", font));
        list1.add(new ListItem("Value 3", font));
        document.add(list1);
        List list2 = new List(12);
        list2.setListSymbol("\u2022");
        list2.add(new ListItem(30, "Value 1", font));
        list2.add(new ListItem(30, "Value 2", font));
        list2.add(new ListItem(30, "Value 3", font));
        list2.setIndentationLeft(60);
        document.add(list2);
        document.close();
    }
}

Output