Creates a new PDF document as a writing canvas. It accepts three named parameters:

Source Code

# File pdf/writer.rb, line 325
def initialize(options = {})
  paper       = options[:paper] || "LETTER"
  orientation = options[:orientation] || :portrait
  version     = options[:version] || PDF_VERSION_13

  @mutex = Mutex.new
  @current_id = @current_font_id = 0

    # Start the document
  @objects              = []
  @callbacks            = []
  @font_families        = {}
  @fonts                = {}
  @stack                = []
  @state_stack          = StateStack.new
  @loose_objects        = []
  @current_text_state   = ""
  @options              = {}
  @destinations         = {}
  @add_loose_objects    = {}
  @images               = []
  @word_space_adjust    = nil
  @current_stroke_style = PDF::Writer::StrokeStyle.new(1)
  @page_numbering       = nil
  @arc4                 = nil
  @encryption           = nil
  @file_identifier      = nil

  @columns              = {}
  @columns_on           = false
  @insert_mode          = nil

  @catalog  = PDF::Writer::Object::Catalog.new(self)
  @outlines = PDF::Writer::Object::Outlines.new(self)
  @pages    = PDF::Writer::Object::Pages.new(self)

  @current_node       = @pages
  @procset  = PDF::Writer::Object::Procset.new(self)
  @info     = PDF::Writer::Object::Info.new(self)
  @page     = PDF::Writer::Object::Page.new(self)
  @current_text_render_style  = 0
  @first_page     = @page

  @version        = version

    # Initialize the default font families.
  init_font_families

  @font_size = 10
  @pageset = [@pages.first_page]

  if paper.kind_of?(Array)
    if paper.size == 4
      size = paper # Coordinate Array
    else
      size = [0, 0, PDF::Writer.cm2pts(paper[0]), PDF::Writer.cm2pts(paper[1])]
        # Paper size in centimeters has been passed
    end
  else
    size = PAGE_SIZES[paper.upcase].dup
  end
  size[3], size[2] = size[2], size[3] if orientation == :landscape

  @pages.media_box  = size

  @page_width       = size[2] - size[0]
  @page_height      = size[3] - size[1]
  @y = @page_height

    # Also set the margins to some reasonable defaults -- 1.27 cm, 36pt,
    # or 0.5 inches.
  margins_pt(36)

    # Set the current writing position to the top of the first page
  @y = absolute_top_margin
    # Get the ID of the page that was created during the instantiation
    # process.

  fill_color!   Color::RGB::Black
  stroke_color! Color::RGB::Black

  yield self if block_given?
end