TextToOutlines.cs
C# VB
//// This code is part of Document Solutions for PDF .NET demos.// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.//using System.IO;using GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf;
namespace DsPdfWeb.Demos{ // This sample shows how to convert all text in an existing PDF to glyph outlines. // The resulting PDF will look exactly like the original, but all glyphs in it // will be rendered as graphics paths. This can be used to manipulate the paths, // or to make sure it will be impossible to copy or search the text. // Note that the resulting documents will have no fonts (see for example // the Document Properties | Fonts tab in DsPdfViewer). // The original PDF used by this sample was generated by Wetlands. public class TextToOutlines { public int CreatePDF(Stream stream) { using var fs = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "PDFs", "Wetlands.pdf")); // Load the source PDF into a temp document: var srcDoc = new GcPdfDocument(); srcDoc.Load(fs); // Draw all pages of the source document on pages of the new PDF: var doc = new GcPdfDocument(); foreach (var srcPage in srcDoc.Pages) { var page = doc.Pages.Add(srcPage.Size); // Setting Graphics.DrawTextAsPath to true makes all glyphs draw as graphics paths // instead of rendering text using fonts: page.Graphics.DrawTextAsPath = true; // Draw the source page on the target: srcPage.Draw(page.Graphics, srcPage.Bounds); } // Done: doc.Save(stream); return doc.Pages.Count; } }}