Re: PDF Letter format

Look at the following part of your code:

 
$txt->font($fnt,9);
$txt->translate(20,740);
$txt->text("I am here");

$txt->font($fnt,9);
$txt->translate(20,728);
$txt->text("P.O.Box 1234");
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What it does, is it prints one line of text at (20,740), and then another line at (20,728). The coordinates are given in pt (same unit as font size), and the (0,0) point is located in the lower left point of your page. If you want to put another line below the send one, you would have to subtract some pt from its Y coordinate. The font size is 9pt, so in this example, by subtracting 12pt you get one line below, with an interline roughly equivalent to 130% (in a word processor).

If you want to add extra vertical space, just mess around with the coordinates. Good luck!

- Luke

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Re^2: PDF Letter format by Anonymous Monk on Nov 21, 2014 at 18:18 UTC
That part is understandable, my point is more towards the control over the text in here, notice the spaces between paragraphs: my $summary = " Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum ac + libero dui. Sed massa quam, ultricies in faucibus nec, volutpat sed velit. Donec aliquet, elit si +t amet hendrerit eleifend, augue augue volutpat enim, quis posuere neque arcu eget nisi. Vestibu +lum ex erat, semper vitae blandit ut, pulvinar mattis lorem. Sed urnaest, ullamcorper quis feug +iat sed, venenatis in lorem. Donec facilisis dolor nibh, sit amet lacinia est viverra vel. Praesent in leo id tellus sagittis luctus. Maecenas quis ante mollis, viverra eros nec, luctus ante. Duis eget sa +pien rutrum, euismod velit et, mattis massa. Aeneanegestas et diam et venenatis. Praesent erat neque +, lacinia vulputate ornare quis, accumsan nec metus. Fusce sollicitudinid risus vulputate aliquam. Cum + sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Interdumet malesuada f +ames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Suspendisse ultricies, nisi ac lobortis posuere, lacus odio porta eros +, Suspendisse ultricies, nisi ac lobortis posuere, lacus odio porta eros +. Sincerely, Mr. Joe Doe Manager Services Manager "; [download] Thanks!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: PDF Letter format by poj (Abbot) on Nov 21, 2014 at 18:48 UTC
You can create multi-line text like this `$txt->lead(13); # line spacing foreach my $para (@paragraphs){ $txt->translate(20,$y); # width, max height $txt->paragraph($para, 490, 800, align => "left" ); (undef, $y) = $txt->textpos(); $y -= 20; # paragraph spacing }` [download] poj	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: PDF Letter format by Anonymous Monk on Nov 21, 2014 at 18:35 UTC
For my sanity, the answer to my own question will be changing this line: `my @all_lines = split/\n+/, $summary;` [download] To this: `my @all_lines = split/\n/, $summary;` [download] This way, “split” will only match one new line character and if I want to add new lines, I just type it. But any suggestions is always welcome!	[reply] [d/l] [select]