iText PDF 5 - Phrase and Paragraph examples

To create PDF file we need iText 5 jar. Download iText Jars from iText Website or Maven Repository

Maven Dependency

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itextpdf -->
<dependency>
 <groupid>com.itextpdf</groupid>
 <artifactid>itextpdf</artifactid>
 <version>5.5.11</version>
</dependency>

ParagraphSpacingBefore.java

package com.javatutorialcorner.itextpdf;
 
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
 
public class ParagraphSpacingBefore {
  
 public static final String DEST = "C:/JTC/ParagraphSpacingBefore.pdf";
  
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new ParagraphSpacingBefore().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String filename) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(filename));
        document.open();
        Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph("First paragraph");
        Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph("Second paragraph");
        paragraph2.setSpacingBefore(380f);
        document.add(paragraph1);
        document.add(paragraph2);
        document.close();
    }
}