PdfCards

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.FontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.FontSelector;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class Ex09_GeneratePdfDeckOfCard {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException,
            DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();

        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("TestPdf.pdf"));
        // Create pdf file
        document.open(); // Open stream

        PdfPTable table = createTable1();
        table.setSpacingBefore(5);
        table.setSpacingAfter(5);
        document.add(table);

        document.close(); // Close stream
    }

    // Create font for cards
    public static Phrase ColoredText(String text, String color) {
        FontSelector selector = new FontSelector();
        Font usedColor;
        if (color == "red") {
            usedColor = FontFactory.getFont(
                    "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arial.ttf",
            BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
                    // if doesn't work find arial.ttf in your computer
            usedColor.setColor(BaseColor.RED);
        }
         else {
            usedColor = FontFactory.getFont(
                    "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arial.ttf",
                    BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
            usedColor.setColor(BaseColor.BLACK);
        }

        selector.addFont(usedColor);
        Phrase ph = selector.process(text);
        return ph;
    }

    public static PdfPTable createTable1() throws DocumentException {

        // Table size
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setWidthPercentage(500 / 5.23f);
        table.getDefaultCell().setFixedHeight(100);
        table.setWidths(new int[] { 3, 3, 3, 3 });
        PdfPCell cell;
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cards"));
        cell.setColspan(4); // number of cols
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell.setRowspan(13); // number of rols

        String[] cardsNameStrings = new String[] { "Ace", "2", "3", "4", "5",
                "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "Jack", "Queen", "King" };

        String[] cardsTypeStrings = new String[] { "\u2666", "\u2665",
                "\u2660", "\u2663" };
        // Imput data
        for (int name = 0; name < cardsNameStrings.length; name++) {

            for (int type = 0; type < cardsTypeStrings.length; type++) {

                if (type <= 1) {
                    table.addCell(ColoredText(cardsNameStrings[name]
                            + cardsTypeStrings[type], "red"));
                } else {
                    table.addCell(ColoredText(cardsNameStrings[name]
                            + cardsTypeStrings[type], "black"));
                }
            }
        }
        return table;
    }
}