'iText7 MoveText vs SetFixedPosition different results

Why do I get different results when I use MoveText vs SetFixedPosition? I use the same x and y value but they print on the page in different location. If I use canvasPage.BeginText can it be formatted to use a width and word wrap

canvasPage.BeginText()    
.SetFontAndSize(PdfFontFactory.CreateFont(StandardFonts.HELVETICA_BOLD), 21)
.MoveText(X,Y)


Paragraph p = new Paragraph()
.Add(_disclaimer)
.SetFixedPosition(X,Y, canvasPage.W)
.SetFont(PdfFontFactory.CreateFont(StandardFonts.HELVETICA))
.SetFontColor(ColorConstants.BLACK)
.SetFontSize(12)
.SetTextAlignment(TextAlignment.LEFT);
itext7


Solution 1:[1]

The locations between the cases when you add text onto the canvas manually with low-level operations versus the case when you use high-level layout Paragraph objects will be different because Paragraph is responsible for multi-line layout and adds necessary margins / spacings for the text to look nice and not overlap with other content. The locations are still different only by a minor offset.

You cannot combine low-level beginText operation with high-level layout requirements (wrapping text across lines etc) - this is the responsibility of layout's Paragraph.

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Solution 1 Alexey Subach

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