Rotate Text Inside PDF using C#

The following code snippet also work with Aspose.PDF.Drawing library.

Rotate Text Inside PDF using Rotation Property

By using the Rotation property of TextFragment Class, you can rotate text at various angles. The text rotation can be used in different scenarios of document generation. You can specify the rotation angle in degrees to rotate the text as per your requirement. Please check the following different scenarios, in which you can implement text rotation.

Implement Rotation using TextFragment and TextBuilder

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void RotateTextInsidePDF()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Text();

    // Create PDF document
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document())
    {
        // Get particular page
        var page = document.Pages.Add();
        // Create text fragment
        var textFragment1 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("main text");
        textFragment1.Position = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.Position(100, 600);
        // Set text properties
        textFragment1.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment1.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        // Create rotated text fragment
        var textFragment2 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("rotated text");
        textFragment2.Position = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.Position(200, 600);
        // Set text properties
        textFragment2.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment2.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        textFragment2.TextState.Rotation = 45;
        // Create rotated text fragment
        var textFragment3 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("rotated text");
        textFragment3.Position = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.Position(300, 600);
        // Set text properties
        textFragment3.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment3.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        textFragment3.TextState.Rotation = 90;
        // create TextBuilder object
        var textBuilder = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextBuilder(page);
        // Append the text fragment to the PDF page
        textBuilder.AppendText(textFragment1);
        textBuilder.AppendText(textFragment2);
        textBuilder.AppendText(textFragment3);
        // Save PDF document
        document.Save(dataDir + "RotateTextInsidePDF_out.pdf");
    }
}

Implement Rotation using TextParagraph and TextBuilder (Rotated Fragments)

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void RotateTextInsidePDF()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Text();

    // Create PDF document
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document())
    {
        // Get particular page
        var page = document.Pages.Add();
        var paragraph = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextParagraph();
        paragraph.Position = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.Position(200, 600);
        // Create text fragment
        var textFragment1 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("rotated text");
        // Set text properties
        textFragment1.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment1.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        // Set rotation
        textFragment1.TextState.Rotation = 45;
        // Create text fragment
        var textFragment2 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("main text");
        // Set text properties
        textFragment2.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment2.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        // Create text fragment
        var textFragment3 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("another rotated text");
        // Set text properties
        textFragment3.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment3.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        // Set rotation
        textFragment3.TextState.Rotation = -45;
        // Append the text fragments to the paragraph
        paragraph.AppendLine(textFragment1);
        paragraph.AppendLine(textFragment2);
        paragraph.AppendLine(textFragment3);
        // Create TextBuilder object
        var textBuilder = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextBuilder(page);
        // Append the text paragraph to the PDF page
        textBuilder.AppendParagraph(paragraph);
        // Save PDF document
        document.Save(dataDir + "RotateTextInsidePDF_out.pdf");
    }
}

Implement Rotation using TextFragment and Page.Paragraphs

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void RotateTextInsidePDF()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Text();

    // Create PDF document
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document())
    {
        // Get particular page
        var page = document.Pages.Add();
        // Create text fragment
        var textFragment1 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("main text");
        // Set text properties
        textFragment1.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment1.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        // Create text fragment
        var textFragment2 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("rotated text");
        // Set text properties
        textFragment2.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment2.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        // Set rotation
        textFragment2.TextState.Rotation = 315;
        // Create text fragment
        var textFragment3 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("rotated text");
        // Set text properties
        textFragment3.TextState.FontSize = 12;
        textFragment3.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
        // Set rotation
        textFragment3.TextState.Rotation = 270;
        page.Paragraphs.Add(textFragment1);
        page.Paragraphs.Add(textFragment2);
        page.Paragraphs.Add(textFragment3);
        // Save PDF document
        document.Save(dataDir + "RotateTextInsidePDF_out.pdf");
    }
}

Implement Rotation using TextParagraph and TextBuilder (Whole Paragraph Rotated)

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void RotateTextInsidePDF()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Text();

    // Create PDF document
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document())
    {
        // Get particular page
        var page = document.Pages.Add();
        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
        {
            var paragraph = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextParagraph();
            paragraph.Position = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.Position(200, 600);
            // Specify rotation
            paragraph.Rotation = i * 90 + 45;
            // Create text fragment
            var textFragment1 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("Paragraph Text");
            // Create text fragment
            textFragment1.TextState.FontSize = 12;
            textFragment1.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
            textFragment1.TextState.BackgroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.LightGray;
            textFragment1.TextState.ForegroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.Blue;
            // Create text fragment
            var textFragment2 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("Second line of text");
            // Set text properties
            textFragment2.TextState.FontSize = 12;
            textFragment2.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
            textFragment2.TextState.BackgroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.LightGray;
            textFragment2.TextState.ForegroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.Blue;
            // Create text fragment
            var textFragment3 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextFragment("And some more text...");
            // Set text properties
            textFragment3.TextState.FontSize = 12;
            textFragment3.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("TimesNewRoman");
            textFragment3.TextState.BackgroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.LightGray;
            textFragment3.TextState.ForegroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.Blue;
            textFragment3.TextState.Underline = true;
            paragraph.AppendLine(textFragment1);
            paragraph.AppendLine(textFragment2);
            paragraph.AppendLine(textFragment3);
            // Create TextBuilder object
            var textBuilder = new Aspose.Pdf.Text.TextBuilder(page);
            // Append the text fragment to the PDF page
            textBuilder.AppendParagraph(paragraph);
        }
        // Save PDF document
        document.Save(dataDir + "RotateTextInsidePDF_out.pdf");
    }
}