Add Text Stamp to PDF via Java

Create text stamp programmaticaly using Aspose.PDF for Java Library

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How to add Text Stamps to PDF Using Java Library

In order to add text stamp into PDF, we’ll use Aspose.PDF for Java API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use conversion API for Java platform. You can download its latest version directly from Maven and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

Repository

<repository>
    <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
    <name>Aspose Java AP</name>
    <url>https://releases.aspose.com/java/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-pdf</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-pdf API</version>
</dependency>

Add Text Stamp to PDF Document Java

You need Aspose.PDF for Java to try the code in your environment.

  1. Load the PDF with an instance of Document.
  2. Open a PDF document using Document object.
  3. Create Text Stamp and define its properties.
  4. Add the Text Stamp to Page using AddStamp method

Add Text Stamp to PDF with Python


    // open document
    Document pdfDocument = new Document("input.pdf");
    // create text stamp
    TextStamp textStamp = new TextStamp("Sample Stamp");
    // set whether stamp is background
    textStamp.setBackground(true);
    // set origin
    textStamp.setXIndent(100);
    textStamp.setYIndent(100);
    // rotate stamp
    textStamp.setRotate(Rotation.on90);
    // set text properties
    textStamp.getTextState().setFont(FontRepository.findFont("Arial"));
    textStamp.getTextState().setFontSize(14.0F);
    textStamp.getTextState().setFontStyle(FontStyles.Bold);
    textStamp.getTextState().setFontStyle(FontStyles.Italic);
    textStamp.getTextState().setForegroundColor(Color.getGreen());
    // add stamp to particular page
    pdfDocument.getPages().get_Item(1).addStamp(textStamp);
    // save output document
    pdfDocument.save("TextStamp_output.pdf");