Shape with text

[Andreas Hirtzel]

Hi,

I'd like to draw a rectangle grey shape with bold text in it, but can't find any sample. Can someone help me, please?

Thanks.

[Sri Subhashini M]

Hi Andreas,

Thank you for your interest in Essential PDF.

Drawing Text inside rectangle

We can draw text inside the rectangle with the help of DrawRectangle and DrawString methods. Kindly refer the below sample which demonstrates drawing text inside the rectangle.

http://files.syncfusion.com/samples/PDF.Windows/PDF_Win_F90783.zip

Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Regards,
Suba

[Haikal Khair]

Could you please update that example to a newer VS version. I can't open it.

[Karthikeyan Chandrasekar]

Hi Haikal, 

I have attached the sample, code snippet and the output PDF for your reference. 

Assemblies: https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/assemblies-required 

Drawing Text: https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-text 

Sample Link: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/90783/ze/DrawString-863120858 

Code snippet 

//Create a new document 

PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument(); 

//Add a page 

PdfPage page = doc.Pages.Add(); 

 

//Create Pdf graphics for the page 

PdfGraphics g = page.Graphics; 

 

//Create a solid brush 

PdfBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Black); 

 

//Set the font with bold 

PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10f, PdfFontStyle.Bold); 

 

//Draw the rectangle with Gray color 

g.DrawRectangle(new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.Gray, 1), PdfBrushes.White, new RectangleF(100, 200, 100, 50)); 

 

//Draw the text 

g.DrawString("Hello world!", font, brush, new PointF(120, 220)); 

 

//Save and close the document 

doc.Save("Sample.pdf"); 

doc.Close(true); 

Output: 

 

Regards, 

Karthikeyan