"Hello World" PDF in Perl

This Perl script creates a PDF named HelloWorld.pdf, adds a page, and then adds text to that page. It gives you an idea of how easily you can create PDF.

#!/usr/bin/perl

# HelloWorld.pl; adapted from 0x_test-pl

use PDF::API2;

my $pdf = PDF::API2->new(-file => "HelloWorld.pdf");

$pdf->mediabox(595,842);

my $page = $pdf->page;

my $fnt = $pdf->corefont('Arial',-encoding => 'latin1');

my $txt = $page->hybrid;

$txt->textstart;

$txt->font($fnt, 20);

$txt->translate(100,800);

$txt->text("Hello World! left-aligned");

$txt->translate(500,750);

$txt->text_right("Hello World! right-aligned");

$txt->translate(300,700);

$txt->text_center("Hello World! center-aligned");

$txt->textend;

$pdf->save;

$pdf->end( );