Right aligning text in PdfPCell

Question

I have a C# application that generates a PDF invoice. In this invoice is a table of items and prices. This is generated using a PdfPTable and PdfPCell

Answer 1

Here is my derivation of user2660112's answer - one method to return a cell for insertion into a bordered and background-colored table, and a similar, but borderless/colorless variety:

private static PdfPCell GetCellForBorderedTable(Phrase phrase, int align, BaseColor color)
{
    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(phrase);
    cell.HorizontalAlignment = align;
    cell.PaddingBottom = 2f;
    cell.PaddingTop = 0f;
    cell.BackgroundColor = color;
    cell.VerticalAlignment = PdfPCell.ALIGN_CENTER;
    return cell;
}

private static PdfPCell GetCellForBorderlessTable(Phrase phrase, int align)
{
    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(phrase);
    cell.HorizontalAlignment = align;            
    cell.PaddingBottom = 2f;
    cell.PaddingTop = 0f;
    cell.BorderWidth = PdfPCell.NO_BORDER;
    cell.VerticalAlignment = PdfPCell.ALIGN_CENTER;
    return cell;
}

These can then be called like so:

Font timesRoman9Font = FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.TIMES_ROMAN, 9, BaseColor.BLACK);
Font timesRoman9BoldFont = FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.TIMES_BOLD, 9, BaseColor.BLACK);

Phrase phrasesec1Heading = new Phrase("Duckbills Unlimited", timesRoman9BoldFont);
PdfPCell cellSec1Heading = GetCellForBorderedTable(phrasesec1Heading, Element.ALIGN_LEFT, BaseColor.YELLOW);
tblHeadings.AddCell(cellSec1Heading);

Phrase phrasePoisonToe = new Phrase("Poison Toe Toxicity Level (Metric Richter Scale, adjusted for follicle hue)", timesRoman9Font);
PdfPCell cellPoisonToe = GetCellForBorderlessTable(phrasePoisonToe, Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
tblFirstRow.AddCell(cellPoisonToe);