Something like 
use strict;
use PDF::API2;
use PDF::API2::Util;

my $pdf = PDF::API2->new('pagesize' => 'a4','compression'=>1);
my $page = $pdf->page;

my $font=$pdf->corefont('Helvetica',1);
$font->encode('latin1');
my $txt=$page->text;
$txt->compress;
$txt->font($font,16);
$txt->translate($x,$y); #Define coords here
$txt->fillcolor(namecolor("darkorange")); #Define some other color her
+e
$txt->text("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog");
$pdf->saveas('empty.pdf');
$pdf->end();

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should work... At least, it did for me :)

Greetz
Beatnik
...Perl is like sex: if you're doing it wrong, there's no fun to it.

In reply to Re: Using PDF::API2 to create Colored Text by Beatnik
in thread Using PDF::API2 to create Colored Text by OrangeDrink

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