How to Draw Text and Bitmap on PDFs

by Chaknith Bin

Drawing text and images on a PDF involves adding text and images to an existing document. IronPDF seamlessly enables this feature. By incorporating text and images, users can customize PDFs with watermarks, logos, and annotations, improving the document's visual appearance and branding. Additionally, text and images facilitate the presentation of information, data visualization, and the creation of interactive forms.

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Draw Text on PDF Example

By utilizing the DrawText method available for the PdfDocument object, you can add text to an existing PDF without altering its original content.

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using IronPdf;
using IronSoftware.Drawing;

ChromePdfRenderer renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>testing</h1>");

// Draw text on PDF
pdf.DrawText("Some text", FontTypes.TimesNewRoman.Name, FontSize: 12, PageIndex: 0, X: 100, Y: 100, Color.Black, Rotation: 0);

pdf.SaveAs("drawText.pdf");

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Available Fonts in FontTypes Class

The DrawText method currently supports a variety of fonts that can be used when adding text to a PDF. These fonts include: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, TimesNewRoman, and ZapfDingbats. Visit API reference for the italic, bold, and Oblique variants of the font types.

The ZapfDingbats font, in particular, can be used to display symbols such as ✖❄▲❪ ❫. For a comprehensive list of supported symbols, you can visit wikipedia.

Output fonts sample on PDF

Draw Image Example

With IronPDF's DrawBitmap method, you can easily add bitmaps to an existing PDF document. This method functions similarly to the Image Stamper feature, allowing you to stamp images onto an existing PDF.

Sample image

Code

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using IronPdf;
using IronSoftware.Drawing;

ChromePdfRenderer renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>testing</h1>");

// Open the image from file
AnyBitmap bitmap = AnyBitmap.FromFile("ironSoftware.png");

// Draw the bitmp on PDF
pdf.DrawBitmap(bitmap, 0, 50, 250, 500, 300);

pdf.SaveAs("drawImage.pdf");

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Output PDF