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# Formatting

## Fonts

### Size, Font family, Font color, Background color

To format text, you can use the `PHPRtfLite_Font`.

Example sets size to 12pt, font family to Arial, font color to red, and background color to blue:

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    $section = $rtf->addSection();
    $font = new PHPRtfLite_Font(12, 'Arial', '#FF0000', '#0000FF');
    $section->writeText('Lorem ipsum', $font);

### Text formatting

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    $section = $rtf->addSection();
    $font = new PHPRtfLite_Font();
    $font->setBold();           // bold font
    $font->setItalic();         // italic font
    $font->setUnderline();      // underline font
    $font->setStriked();        // strike text
    $font->setDoubleStriked();  // double strike text
    $section->writeText('Lorem ipsum', $font);

### HTML-Tags as text formatting

You can use HTML-Tags in your text to format text:

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    $section = $rtf->addSection();

    // text will be displayed as bold
    $section->writeText('<strong>text</strong>');
    $section->writeText('<b>text</b>');

    // text will be displayed as italic
    $section->writeText('<em>text</em>');
    $section->writeText('<i>text</i>');

    // text will be displayed as underlined
    $section->writeText('<u>text</u>');

    // text will start with a bullet
    $section->writeText('<bullet> text');

    // text will have a line break after
    $section->writeText('text<br>');

    // text will have a horizontal rule after
    $section->writeText('text<hr>');

    // tabulator will be displayed between text
    $section->writeText('text<tab>text');

    // will display section number before "hello world"
    $section->writeText('<sectnum> hello world');

    // will display page number before "hello world"
    $section->writeText('<pagenum> hello world');

### Text animation

Class constants for text animation:

- `ANIMATE_LAS_VEGAS_LIGHTS`
- `ANIMATE_BLINKING_BACKGROUND`
- `ANIMATE_SPARKLE_TEXT`
- `ANIMATE_MARCHING_BLACK_ANTS`
- `ANIMATE_MARCHING_RED_ANTS`
- `ANIMATE_SHIMMER`

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    $section = $rtf->addSection();
    $font = new PHPRtfLite_Font();
    // text with marching black ants around
    $font->setAnimation(PHPRtfLite_Font::ANIMATE_MARCHING_BLACK_ANTS);
    $section->writeText('Lorem ipsum', $font);

## Paragraph formatting

### Text alignment

Class constants for text alignment:

- `TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT`
- `TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT`
- `TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER`
- `TEXT_ALIGN_JUSTIFY`

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    $section = $rtf->addSection();
    // centered text
    $parFormat = new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat(PHPRtfLite_ParFormat::TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER);
    $section->writeText('Lorem ipsum', null, $parFormat);

### Paragraph indention

First line indention:

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    $section = $rtf->addSection();
    $parFormat = new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat();
    // first line of paragraph will be indented by 1cm
    $parFormat->setIndentFirstLine(1);
    $section->writeText('Lorem ipsum', null, $parFormat);

Indent the whole paragraph left or/and right:

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here
    $parFormat = new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat();
    // paragraph will be indented by 1cm from the left and right
    $parFormat->setIndentLeft(1);
    $parFormat->setIndentRight(1);

### Space between paragraphs

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here
    $parFormat = new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat();
    // spaces in lines after the paragraph
    $parFormat->setSpaceAfter(1);
    // spaces in lines before the paragraph
    $parFormat->setSpaceBefore(1);

### Space between lines

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here
    $parFormat = new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat();
    // spaces between lines
    $parFormat->setSpaceBetweenLines(1);

### Background color

Paragraph background color:

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here
    $parFormat = new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat();
    $parFormat->setBackgroundColor('#FF0000');

### Borders

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    $border = new PHPRtfLite_Border(
        $rtf,                                       // PHPRtfLite instance
        new PHPRtfLite_Border_Format(2, '#00FF00'), // left border: 2pt, green color
        new PHPRtfLite_Border_Format(1, '#FFFF00'), // top border: 1pt, yellow color
        new PHPRtfLite_Border_Format(2, '#FF0000'), // right border: 2pt, red color
        new PHPRtfLite_Border_Format(1, '#0000FF')  // bottom border: 1pt, blue color
    );
    $parFormat = new PHPRtfLite_ParFormat();
    $parFormat->setBorder($border);

There are some alternative ways to create borders:

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    // creating border in a different way: 1pt dotted red border with 0.5cm space
    $border = PHPRtfLite_Border::create($rtf, 1, '#FF3333', PHPRtfLite_Border_Format::TYPE_DOT, 0.5);

    <?php
    // some bootstraping here

    // creating border in a different way: 1pt dotted red border
    $border = new PHPRtfLite_Border($rtf);
    // 2pt border in green color
    $border->setBorders(new PHPRtfLite_Border_Format(2, '#00FF00'));

#### Border style types

Border style types represented as class constants of `PHPRtfLite_Border_Format` are:

- `TYPE_SINGLE`
- `TYPE_DOT`
- `TYPE_DASH`
- `TYPE_DOTDASH`

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