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  iText 7 - Justify align text and paragraphs

  Apr 06, 2021 04:23 PM|Edward Sheriff Curtis|LINK

  Hi,

  I'm trying to justify align a block of text, however getting inconsistent results using iText7

  Here my block of text stored in a database:

  <p style="text-align: justify;">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry&#39;s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>  
  

  Here is my code:

  List<IElement> lst = HtmlConverter.ConvertToElements(dt.Rows[i]["contents"].ToString()).ToList();
  
  for (int j = 0; j < lst.Count; j++)
  {
      IBlockElement element = (IBlockElement)lst[j];
  
      if (dt.Rows[i]["contents"].ToString().StartsWith("<br /><br /><h3 style=color:#0000ff;margin: 0 3px 0 3px;><strong>"))
      {
          contents.SetFontSize(12)
              .SetBold()
              .SetFontColor(ColorConstants.BLUE);
      }
      else if (dt.Rows[i]["contents"].ToString().StartsWith("<h4><strong>- "))
      {
          contents.SetFontSize(10)
              .SetBold()
              .SetFontColor(ColorConstants.BLACK);
      }
      else
      {
          contents.SetTextAlignment(TextAlignment.JUSTIFIED_ALL)
              .SetFontSize(10)
              .SetFontColor(ColorConstants.BLACK);
  
      }
  
      element.SetProperty(Property.LEADING, new Leading(Leading.MULTIPLIED, -1f));
      document.Add(element);
  }
  

  Here is the PDF Output: 

  I've trying this question without success

  I've checked the iText7 documentation, but is there a way to do this ?