Paragraph Format

Independent of the alignment, the text can be formatted in the following ways:

  • None - no special format being applied

  • First line - the first line of the text has an indentation (configurable)

  • Hanging paragraph - all but the first line have an indentation (configurable)

  • Dropped capital letter - the first letter of the first word in the first sentence is replaced by a dropped capital letter, the first few lines of the paragraph get an indentation. The used dropped captial letter can be configured by setting a library.

The following code creates a paragraph context and then a paragraph with some demo text. To demonstrate the text format, we then set the format in the context to none, first line, and hanging (paragraph). To show different dropped capital letters we first show the render with the default library and then change the library and render the paragraph again.


  
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                AP_Context ctx = new AP_Context();
                AsciiParagraph ap = new AsciiParagraph(ctx);
                ap.addText(new LoremIpsum().getWords(29));

                System.out.println(ap.render(35));

                ctx.setFormat(TextFormat.FIRST_LINE);
                System.out.println(ap.render(35));

                ctx.setFormat(TextFormat.HANGING);
                System.out.println(ap.render(35));

                ctx.setFormat(TextFormat.DROPCAP);
                System.out.println(ap.render(35));

                ctx.setFormat(TextFormat.DROPCAP_WITH_PADDING);
                ctx.setDropCapLib(new FigletOldBanner_6L());
                System.out.println(ap.render(35));

//                ctx.setDropCapLib(new FigletOldBanner_6L());
//                System.out.println(ap.render(35));

The output for the first format, none, is:

Lorem   ipsum   dolor   sit   amet,
consetetur  sadipscing  elitr,  sed
diam nonumy eirmod tempor  invidunt
ut labore et dolore magna  aliquyam
erat, sed diam  voluptua.  At  vero
eos et accusam

The output for the second format, first line, is:

    Lorem  ipsum  dolor  sit  amet,
consetetur  sadipscing  elitr,  sed
diam nonumy eirmod tempor  invidunt
ut labore et dolore magna  aliquyam
erat, sed diam  voluptua.  At  vero
eos et accusam

The output for the third format, hanging (paragraph), is:

Lorem   ipsum   dolor   sit   amet,
    consetetur  sadipscing   elitr,
    sed diam nonumy  eirmod  tempor
    invidunt ut  labore  et  dolore
    magna aliquyam erat,  sed  diam
    voluptua.  At   vero   eos   et
    accusam

The output for the fourth format, dropped capital letter with default library, is:

ooooo          orem ipsum dolor sit
`888'          amet,     consetetur
 888           sadipscing    elitr,
 888           sed   diam    nonumy
 888           eirmod        tempor
 888       o   invidunt  ut  labore
o888ooooood8   et   dolore    magna
               aliquyam  erat,  sed
diam  voluptua.  At  vero  eos   et
accusam

The output for the fifth format, dropped capital letter with changed library, is:

#        orem ipsum dolor sit amet,
#        consetetur      sadipscing
#        elitr,  sed  diam   nonumy
#        eirmod tempor invidunt  ut
#        labore  et  dolore   magna
######   aliquyam  erat,  sed  diam
         voluptua. At vero  eos  et
accusam