How to make one part of the text Bold in iText

Question

I need to get a part of the text bold in my app. So basically what I am trying to achieve is have something like this: Address: 123 Street. Where at the moment i am getting all in bold: Address: 123 Street

Here is my code I am using:

PdfPTable table2 = new PdfPTable(3);
            table2.setWidthPercentage(100);
            table2.addCell(getCell("Address:  " + SaveString, PdfPCell.ALIGN_LEFT));
            table2.addCell(getCell("Name:  " + SaveStringA, PdfPCell.ALIGN_CENTER));
            table2.addCell(getCell("Last Name:  " + SaveStringB, PdfPCell.ALIGN_RIGHT));
            table2.setSpacingAfter(15);
            doc.add(table2);  

public PdfPCell getCell(String text, int alignment) {
    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(text));
    Font bold = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.TIMES_BOLD, 12, Font.BOLD);
    Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph(text, bold);
    cell.setPadding(0);
    cell.addElement(p1);
    cell.setHorizontalAlignment(alignment);
    cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);

    return cell;

Hoping someone could help please?

Thanks!!

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/14371107/4582676 – Eduard Kornev Mar 06 '18 at 06:26 — Eduard Kornev, Mar 06 '18 at 06:26
Hi, Thanks. But I have tried that and not working :-( – Mar 06 '18 at 06:32 — , Mar 06 '18 at 06:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '18 at 08:38

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You can try using Chunk, something like this:

Font bold = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.TIMES_BOLD, 12, Font.BOLD);
Chunk chunkAddress= new Chunk("Address:  ", bold);
Chunk ChunkAddressDetails = new Chunk("123 Street.");

Phrase phrase = new Phrase();
phrase.add(chunkAddress);
phrase.add(ChunkAddressDetails);

Paragraph paragraph= = new Paragraph();
paragraph.add(phrase);

answered Mar 06 '18 at 08:38

ישו אוהב אותך

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That looks sensible. – mkl Mar 06 '18 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '18 at 06:37

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SpannableStringBuilder str = new SpannableStringBuilder("Address: 123 Street");
str.setSpan(new android.text.style.StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), 0, "Address:".length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
yourTextView.setText(str);

answered Mar 06 '18 at 06:37

Muhammed Saneef

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Thanks, But when testing it doesn't seem to work :-( – Mar 06 '18 at 06:47

How to make one part of the text Bold in iText

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