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Your code works for me .. remember from my tutorial that the origin is the lower left, so look there for your text.

If you want it anywhere else, then $text->translate($x,$y) before you set your text (in your code, after the fillcolor.

If that doesn't work for some strange reason, then let me know what version of PDF::API2 you're using, and any other relevant information.

Cheers!
Rick Measham

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Re^4: Better way to add text to PDFs?
by friedo (Prior) on Jul 15, 2005 at 18:12 UTC
    Thanks for taking a look, BigLug. I'm afraid the results are the same, even if I use translate to move the text about. Note that there's no problem creating new PDFs, e.g. if I use PDF::API2->new instead of open, and page instead of openpage. If I do that, I get a nice big "Wahoo!" exactly where I expect it, so I know it's not a problem with fonts, or the geometry. But I've had no luck whatsoever in modifying existing PDFs.

    FWIW, $PDF::API2::VERSION is 1.081.

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