setFont method not working on paragraph and phrase.

[devrj8]

Description
setFont method not working on paragraph and phrase.

Reproduce

import com.lowagie.text.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

public class ReproduceBug {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {

        Document document = new Document();
        FileOutputStream pdfOutputFile = new FileOutputStream("./bug.pdf");
        PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, pdfOutputFile);

        document.open();

//bug code
        Paragraph para1 = new Paragraph("Hello World!");
        para1.setFont(new Font(Font.COURIER, 30));
        document.add(para1);

//workaround
        Paragraph para2 = new Paragraph("Hello World!", new Font(Font.COURIER, 30));
        document.add(para2);

        document.close();
    }
}

Expected behavior
first line "Hello World" should also display with font size 30. but it is not displaying it.

Screenshots
Output Screenshot -

System:

• OS: Windows
• Used Font: Font.COURIER

[mkl-public]

The setFont method sets the font to use for plain text added to the paragraph afterwards.

Thus, instead of

        Paragraph para1 = new Paragraph("Hello World!");
        para1.setFont(new Font(Font.COURIER, 30));

do

        Paragraph para1 = new Paragraph();
        para1.setFont(new Font(Font.COURIER, 30));
        para1.add("Hello World!");

[devrj8]

Thanks for the explanation. I will try that.
I feel this is a bug cause, it is just a paragraph object and setting font is not working using setter method.
do you consider this as a bug?

[asturio]

I wouldn't consider this a bug.
We could add a check in setFont() if there is already some Elements in the Phrase. Or we just should update the JavaDoc.

[mkl-public]

@devrj8

I feel this is a bug cause, it is just a paragraph object and setting font is not working using setter method.
do you consider this as a bug?

But setting font is working using setter method. You merely incorrectly assume the font here is the font used for all the paragraph content. But wouldn't that be a primitive model of a paragraph, having just content of a single font?

I have to admit, though, that the name of the property, font, is a bit imprecise and does not convey which font exactly is meant. Thus, a bit of JavaDocs documentation would be great, @asturio.