Try setting the line spacing (leading) and adding newlines. You can also set the line spacing within the cr method. For example

#!perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use PDF::API2; 

my $save_pdf_as = "mypdf.pdf";
my $pdf = PDF::API2->new();
my $page = $pdf->page()
               ->mediabox('Letter');
my $font = $pdf->corefont('Helvetica-Bold');

my $text = $page->text();
$text->lead(25);
$text->font($font, 20);
$text->translate(100, 700);

while (<DATA>){
  $text->text($_);
  $text->cr();
  #$text->cr(-25); # move down
}
$pdf->saveas($save_pdf_as);

__DATA__
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4

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poj

In reply to Re: download an array of text as pdf by poj
in thread download an array of text as pdf by ajaykannan

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