PdfGraphicsAcroFormFieldAppearance.FontSize Property

Specifies the font size of the interactive form field.

Namespace: DevExpress.Pdf

Assembly: DevExpress.Pdf.v23.2.Drawing.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Pdf.Drawing

Declaration

C#

public double FontSize { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property FontSize As Double

Property Value

Type	Description
Double	Font size.

Example

This example shows how to use PDF Graphics API to create a text box field and add it to a new page.

Program.cs

using DevExpress.Pdf;
using System.Drawing;
//...
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    using (PdfDocumentProcessor processor = new PdfDocumentProcessor())
    {
        // Create an empty document. 
        processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\\..\\Result.pdf");

        // Create and draw a text box field.
        using (PdfGraphics graphics = processor.CreateGraphics())
        {
            DrawTextBoxField(graphics);

            // Render a page with graphics.
            processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics);
        }
    }
}

static void DrawTextBoxField(PdfGraphics graphics)
{
    // Create a text box field and specify its location.
    PdfGraphicsAcroFormTextBoxField textBox =
        new PdfGraphicsAcroFormTextBoxField("text box", new RectangleF(0, 10, 200, 30));

    // Specify text box properties.
    textBox.Text = "Text Box";           
    textBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Near;
    textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12;
    textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.AliceBlue;          

    // Add the field to graphics.
    graphics.AddFormField(textBox);
}

Program.vb

Imports DevExpress.Pdf
Imports System.Drawing
'...

Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
    Using processor As New PdfDocumentProcessor()

        ' Create an empty document. 
        processor.CreateEmptyDocument("..\..\Result.pdf")

        ' Create and draw a text box field.
        Using graphics As PdfGraphics = processor.CreateGraphics()
            DrawTextBoxField(graphics)

            ' Render a page with graphics.
            processor.RenderNewPage(PdfPaperSize.Letter, graphics)
        End Using
    End Using
End Sub

Private Shared Sub DrawTextBoxField(ByVal graphics As PdfGraphics)

    ' Create a text box field and specify its location.
    Dim textBox As New PdfGraphicsAcroFormTextBoxField("text box", New RectangleF(0, 10, 200, 30))

    ' Specify text box properties.
    textBox.Text = "Text Box"
    textBox.TextAlignment = PdfAcroFormStringAlignment.Near
    textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12
    textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.AliceBlue

    ' Add the field to graphics.
    graphics.AddFormField(textBox)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

pdf-document-api-create-combo-box-field/CS/AddComboBoxField/Program.cs#L38

comboBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.Beige;
comboBox.Appearance.FontSize = 14;

pdf-document-api-create-interactive-form/CS/AddFormFieldsToNewDocument/Program.cs#L29

textBox.Text = "Text Box";
textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12;
textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.AliceBlue;

VB.NET

pdf-document-api-create-combo-box-field/VB/AddComboBoxField/Program.vb#L33

comboBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.Beige
comboBox.Appearance.FontSize = 14
' Add the field to the document.

pdf-document-api-create-interactive-form/VB/AddFormFieldsToNewDocument/Program.vb#L26

textBox.Text = "Text Box"
textBox.Appearance.FontSize = 12
textBox.Appearance.BackgroundColor = Color.AliceBlue