The sample demonstrates how to draw shape to a PDF document.

Download DrawShape.pdf

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;

namespace DrawShape
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a pdf document.
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

            // Create one page
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add();

            DrawSpiro(page);
            DrawPath(page);

            //Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("DrawShape.pdf");
            doc.Close();

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("DrawShape.pdf");
        }

        private static void DrawPath(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            PointF[] points = new PointF[5];
            for (int i = 0; i < points.Length; i++)
            {
                float x = (float)Math.Cos(i * 2 * Math.PI / 5);
                float y = (float)Math.Sin(i * 2 * Math.PI / 5);
                points[i] = new PointF(x, y);
            }
            PdfPath path = new PdfPath();
            path.AddLine(points[2], points[0]);
            path.AddLine(points[0], points[3]);
            path.AddLine(points[3], points[1]);
            path.AddLine(points[1], points[4]);
            path.AddLine(points[4], points[2]);

            //save graphics state
            PdfGraphicsState state = page.Canvas.Save();
            PdfPen pen = new PdfPen(Color.DeepSkyBlue, 0.02f);
            PdfBrush brush1 = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.CadetBlue);

            page.Canvas.ScaleTransform(50f, 50f);
            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(5f, 1.2f);
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, path);

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2f, 0f);
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Alternate;
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush1, path);

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2f, 0f);
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Winding;
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush1, path);

            PdfLinearGradientBrush brush2
                = new PdfLinearGradientBrush(new PointF(-2, 0), new PointF(2, 0), Color.Red, Color.Blue);
            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(-4f, 2f);
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Alternate;
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush2, path);

            PdfRadialGradientBrush brush3
                = new PdfRadialGradientBrush(new PointF(0f, 0f), 0f, new PointF(0f, 0f), 1f, Color.Red, Color.Blue);
            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2f, 0f);
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Winding;
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush3, path);

            PdfTilingBrush brush4 = new PdfTilingBrush(new RectangleF(0, 0, 4f, 4f));
            brush4.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush2, 0, 0, 4f, 4f);

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2f, 0f);
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Winding;
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush4, path);

            //restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state);
        }

        private static void DrawSpiro(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            //save graphics state
            PdfGraphicsState state = page.Canvas.Save();

            //Draw shap - spiro
            PdfPen pen = PdfPens.DeepSkyBlue;

            int nPoints = 1000;
            double r1 = 30;
            double r2 = 25;
            double p = 35;
            double x1 = r1 + r2 - p;
            double y1 = 0;
            double x2 = 0;
            double y2 = 0;

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(100, 100);

            for (int i = 0; i < nPoints; i++)
            {
                double t = i * Math.PI / 90;
                x2 = (r1 + r2) * Math.Cos(t) - p * Math.Cos((r1 + r2) * t / r2);
                y2 = (r1 + r2) * Math.Sin(t) - p * Math.Sin((r1 + r2) * t / r2);
                page.Canvas.DrawLine(pen, (float)x1, (float)y1, (float)x2, (float)y2);
                x1 = x2;
                y1 = y2;
            }

            //restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics

Namespace DrawShape
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a pdf document.
            Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

            ' Create one page
            Dim page As PdfPageBase = doc.Pages.Add()

            DrawSpiro(page)
            DrawPath(page)

            'Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("DrawShape.pdf")
            doc.Close()

            'Launching the Pdf file.
            Process.Start("DrawShape.pdf")
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub DrawPath(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            Dim points(4) As PointF
            For i As Integer = 0 To points.Length - 1
                Dim x As Single = CSng(Math.Cos(i * 2 * Math.PI / 5))
                Dim y As Single = CSng(Math.Sin(i * 2 * Math.PI / 5))
                points(i) = New PointF(x, y)
            Next i
            Dim path As New PdfPath()
            path.AddLine(points(2), points(0))
            path.AddLine(points(0), points(3))
            path.AddLine(points(3), points(1))
            path.AddLine(points(1), points(4))
            path.AddLine(points(4), points(2))

            'save graphics state
            Dim state As PdfGraphicsState = page.Canvas.Save()
            Dim pen As New PdfPen(Color.DeepSkyBlue, 0.02F)
            Dim brush1 As PdfBrush = New PdfSolidBrush(Color.CadetBlue)

            page.Canvas.ScaleTransform(50.0F, 50.0F)
            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(5.0F, 1.2F)
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, path)

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2.0F, 0.0F)
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Alternate
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush1, path)

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2.0F, 0.0F)
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Winding
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush1, path)

            Dim brush2 As New PdfLinearGradientBrush(New PointF(-2, 0), New PointF(2, 0), Color.Red, Color.Blue)
            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(-4.0F, 2.0F)
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Alternate
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush2, path)

            Dim brush3 As New PdfRadialGradientBrush(New PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), _
                0.0F, New PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), 1.0F, Color.Red, Color.Blue)
            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2.0F, 0.0F)
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Winding
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush3, path)

            Dim brush4 As New PdfTilingBrush(New RectangleF(0, 0, 4.0F, 4.0F))
            brush4.Graphics.DrawRectangle(brush2, 0, 0, 4.0F, 4.0F)

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(2.0F, 0.0F)
            path.FillMode = PdfFillMode.Winding
            page.Canvas.DrawPath(pen, brush4, path)

            'restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state)
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub DrawSpiro(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            'save graphics state
            Dim state As PdfGraphicsState = page.Canvas.Save()

            'Draw shap - spiro
            Dim pen As PdfPen = PdfPens.DeepSkyBlue

            Dim nPoints As Integer = 1000
            Dim r1 As Double = 30
            Dim r2 As Double = 25
            Dim p As Double = 35
            Dim x1 As Double = r1 + r2 - p
            Dim y1 As Double = 0
            Dim x2 As Double = 0
            Dim y2 As Double = 0

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(100, 100)

            For i As Integer = 0 To nPoints - 1
                Dim t As Double = i * Math.PI / 90
                x2 = (r1 + r2) * Math.Cos(t) - p * Math.Cos((r1 + r2) * t / r2)
                y2 = (r1 + r2) * Math.Sin(t) - p * Math.Sin((r1 + r2) * t / r2)
                page.Canvas.DrawLine(pen, CSng(x1), CSng(y1), CSng(x2), CSng(y2))
                x1 = x2
                y1 = y2
            Next i

            'restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The sample demonstrates how to draw text to a PDF document.

Download DrawText.pdf

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;

namespace DrawText
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a pdf document.
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

            // Create one page
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add();

            DrawText(page);
            AlignText(page);
            AlignTextInRectangle(page);
            TransformText(page);
            RotateText(page);

            //Save doc file.
            doc.SaveToFile("DrawText.pdf");
            doc.Close();

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("DrawText.pdf");
        }

        private static void RotateText(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            //save graphics state
            PdfGraphicsState state = page.Canvas.Save();

            //Draw the text - transform           
            PdfFont font = new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10f);
            PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Blue);

            PdfStringFormat centerAlignment
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            float x = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2;
            float y = 380;

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(x, y);
            for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++)
            {
                page.Canvas.RotateTransform(30);
                page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush, 20, 0, centerAlignment);
            }

            //restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state);
        }

        private static void TransformText(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            //save graphics state
            PdfGraphicsState state = page.Canvas.Save();

            //Draw the text - transform           
            PdfFont font = new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 18f);
            PdfSolidBrush brush1 = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.DeepSkyBlue);
            PdfSolidBrush brush2 = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.CadetBlue);

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(20, 200);
            page.Canvas.ScaleTransform(1f, 0.6f);
            page.Canvas.SkewTransform(-10, 0);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush1, 0, 0);

            page.Canvas.SkewTransform(10, 0);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush2, 0, 0);

            page.Canvas.ScaleTransform(1f, -1f);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush2, 0, -2 * 18);
            //restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state);
        }

        private static void AlignTextInRectangle(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            //Draw the text - align in rectangle
            PdfFont font = new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10f);
            PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Blue);
            RectangleF rctg1 = new RectangleF(0, 70, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, 100);
            RectangleF rctg2
                = new RectangleF(page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, 70, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, 100);
            page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(new PdfSolidBrush(Color.LightBlue), rctg1);
            page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(new PdfSolidBrush(Color.LightSkyBlue), rctg2);

            PdfStringFormat leftAlignment
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Top);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left! Left!", font, brush, rctg1, leftAlignment);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left! Left!", font, brush, rctg2, leftAlignment);

            PdfStringFormat rightAlignment
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right! Right!", font, brush, rctg1, rightAlignment);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right! Right!", font, brush, rctg2, rightAlignment);

            PdfStringFormat centerAlignment
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Bottom);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush, rctg1, centerAlignment);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush, rctg2, centerAlignment);
        }

        private static void AlignText(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            //Draw the text - alignment
            PdfFont font = new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 20f);
            PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Blue);

            PdfStringFormat leftAlignment = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left!", font, brush, 0, 20, leftAlignment);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left!", font, brush, 0, 50, leftAlignment);

            PdfStringFormat rightAlignment = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right!", font, brush, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width, 30, rightAlignment);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right!", font, brush, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width, 60, rightAlignment);

            PdfStringFormat centerAlignment
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!",
                font, brush, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, 40, centerAlignment);
        }

        private static void DrawText(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            //save graphics state
            PdfGraphicsState state = page.Canvas.Save();

            //Draw text - brush
            String text = "Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!";
            PdfPen pen = PdfPens.DeepSkyBlue;
            PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(Color.White);
            PdfStringFormat format = new PdfStringFormat();
            PdfFont font = new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 18f, PdfFontStyle.Italic);
            SizeF size = font.MeasureString(text, format);
            RectangleF rctg
                = new RectangleF(page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2 + 10, 180,
                size.Width / 3 * 2, size.Height * 2);
            page.Canvas.DrawString(text, font, pen, brush, rctg, format);

            //restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics

Namespace DrawText
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a pdf document.
            Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

            ' Create one page
            Dim page As PdfPageBase = doc.Pages.Add()

            DrawText(page)
            AlignText(page)
            AlignTextInRectangle(page)
            TransformText(page)
            RotateText(page)

            'Save doc file.
            doc.SaveToFile("DrawText.pdf")
            doc.Close()

            'Launching the Pdf file.
            Process.Start("DrawText.pdf")
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub RotateText(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            'save graphics state
            Dim state As PdfGraphicsState = page.Canvas.Save()

            'Draw the text - transform           
            Dim font As New PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10.0F)
            Dim brush As New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Blue)

            Dim centerAlignment As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            Dim x As Single = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2
            Dim y As Single = 380

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(x, y)
            For i As Integer = 0 To 11
                page.Canvas.RotateTransform(30)
                page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush, 20, 0, centerAlignment)
            Next i

            'restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state)
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub TransformText(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            'save graphics state
            Dim state As PdfGraphicsState = page.Canvas.Save()

            'Draw the text - transform           
            Dim font As New PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 18.0F)
            Dim brush1 As New PdfSolidBrush(Color.DeepSkyBlue)
            Dim brush2 As New PdfSolidBrush(Color.CadetBlue)

            page.Canvas.TranslateTransform(20, 200)
            page.Canvas.ScaleTransform(1.0F, 0.6F)
            page.Canvas.SkewTransform(-10, 0)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush1, 0, 0)

            page.Canvas.SkewTransform(10, 0)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush2, 0, 0)

            page.Canvas.ScaleTransform(1.0F, -1.0F)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush2, 0, -2 * 18)
            'restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state)
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub AlignTextInRectangle(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            'Draw the text - align in rectangle
            Dim font As New PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 10.0F)
            Dim brush As New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Blue)
            Dim rctg1 As New RectangleF(0, 70, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, 100)
            Dim rctg2 As New RectangleF(page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, 70, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, 100)
            page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(New PdfSolidBrush(Color.LightBlue), rctg1)
            page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(New PdfSolidBrush(Color.LightSkyBlue), rctg2)

            Dim leftAlignment As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Top)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left! Left!", font, brush, rctg1, leftAlignment)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left! Left!", font, brush, rctg2, leftAlignment)

            Dim rightAlignment As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right! Right!", font, brush, rctg1, rightAlignment)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right! Right!", font, brush, rctg2, rightAlignment)

            Dim centerAlignment As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Bottom)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush, rctg1, centerAlignment)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", font, brush, rctg2, centerAlignment)
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub AlignText(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            'Draw the text - alignment
            Dim font As New PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 20.0F)
            Dim brush As New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Blue)

            Dim leftAlignment As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left!", font, brush, 0, 20, leftAlignment)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Left!", font, brush, 0, 50, leftAlignment)

            Dim rightAlignment As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right!", font, brush, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width, 30, rightAlignment)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Right!", font, brush, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width, 60, rightAlignment)

            Dim centerAlignment As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!", _
                                   font, brush, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, 40, centerAlignment)
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub DrawText(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            'save graphics state
            Dim state As PdfGraphicsState = page.Canvas.Save()

            'Draw text - brush
            Dim text As String = "Go! Turn Around! Go! Go! Go!"
            Dim pen As PdfPen = PdfPens.DeepSkyBlue
            Dim brush As New PdfSolidBrush(Color.White)
            Dim format As New PdfStringFormat()
            Dim font As New PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 18.0F, PdfFontStyle.Italic)
            Dim size As SizeF = font.MeasureString(text, format)
            Dim rctg As New RectangleF(page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2 + 10, 180, size.Width \ 3 * 2, size.Height * 2)
            page.Canvas.DrawString(text, font, pen, brush, rctg, format)

            'restor graphics
            page.Canvas.Restore(state)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The sample demonstrates how to insert an image to a PDF document.

Download Image.pdf

using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;

namespace Image
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a pdf document.
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

            // Create one page
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add();

            //Draw the text
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Hello, World!",
                                   new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 30f),
                                   new PdfSolidBrush(Color.Black),
                                   10, 10);
            //Draw the image
            PdfImage image = PdfImage.FromFile(@"SalesReportChart.png");
            float width = image.Width * 0.75f;
            float height = image.Height * 0.75f;
            float x = (page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - width) / 2;

            page.Canvas.DrawImage(image, x, 60, width, height);

            //Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("Image.pdf");
            doc.Close();

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Image.pdf");
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics

Namespace Image
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a pdf document.
            Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

            ' Create one page
            Dim page As PdfPageBase = doc.Pages.Add()

            'Draw the text
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Hello, World!", _
                                   New PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 30.0F), _
                                   New PdfSolidBrush(Color.Black), 10, 10)
            'Draw the image
            Dim image As PdfImage = PdfImage.FromFile("SalesReportChart.png")
            Dim width As Single = image.Width * 0.75F
            Dim height As Single = image.Height * 0.75F
            Dim x As Single = (page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - width) / 2

            page.Canvas.DrawImage(image, x, 60, width, height)

            'Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("Image.pdf")
            doc.Close()

            'Launching the Pdf file.
            Process.Start("Image.pdf")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace