Repeat content experiment

QuestPDF.Examples/ContentDirectionExamples.cs

@@ -1,408 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using NUnit.Framework;
-using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
-using QuestPDF.Elements;
-using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
-using QuestPDF.Fluent;
-using QuestPDF.Helpers;
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
-
-namespace QuestPDF.Examples
-{
-    public class ContentDirectionExamples
-    {
-        private Action<IContainer> ContentDirectionTemplate(Action<IContainer> content)
-        {
-            return container =>
-            {
-                container
-                    .MinimalBox()
-                    .ExtendHorizontal()
-                    .Table(table =>
-                    {
-                        table.ColumnsDefinition(columns =>
-                        {
-                            columns.RelativeColumn();
-                            columns.ConstantColumn(1);
-                            columns.RelativeColumn();
-                        });
-                        
-                        table.Header(header =>
-                        {
-                            header.Cell().ContentFromLeftToRight().Element(HeaderCell("Left-to-right"));
-                            header.Cell().LineVertical(1).LineColor(Colors.Grey.Medium);
-                            header.Cell().ContentFromRightToLeft().Element(HeaderCell("Right-to-left"));
-
-                            static Action<IContainer> HeaderCell(string label)
-                            {
-                                return container => container
-                                    .BorderColor(Colors.Grey.Medium)
-                                    .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
-                                    .PaddingHorizontal(15)
-                                    .PaddingVertical(5)
-                                    .Text(label)
-                                    .FontSize(18)
-                                    .SemiBold();
-                            }
-                        });
-
-                        table.Cell().Element(TestCell).ContentFromLeftToRight().Element(content);
-                        table.Cell().LineVertical(1).LineColor(Colors.Grey.Medium);
-                        table.Cell().Element(TestCell).ContentFromRightToLeft().Element(content);
-                        
-                        static IContainer TestCell(IContainer container)
-                        {
-                            return container.Padding(15);
-                        }
-                    });
-            };
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Page()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .RenderDocument(document =>
-                {
-                    document.Page(page =>
-                    {
-                        page.Size(PageSizes.A5);
-                        page.Margin(20);
-                        page.PageColor(Colors.White);
-                        
-                        page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontFamily("Calibri").FontSize(20));
-                        page.ContentFromRightToLeft();
-                        
-                        page.Content().Column(column =>
-                        {
-                            column.Spacing(20);
-
-                            column.Item()
-                                .Text("مثال على الفاتورة") // example invoice
-                                .FontSize(32).FontColor(Colors.Blue.Darken2).SemiBold();
-                            
-                            column.Item().Table(table =>
-                            {
-                                table.ColumnsDefinition(columns =>
-                                {
-                                    columns.RelativeColumn();
-                                    columns.ConstantColumn(75);
-                                    columns.ConstantColumn(100);
-                                });
-
-                                table.Cell().Element(HeaderStyle).Text("وصف السلعة"); // item description
-                                table.Cell().Element(HeaderStyle).Text("كمية"); // quantity
-                                table.Cell().Element(HeaderStyle).Text("سعر"); // price
-
-                                var items = new[]
-                                {
-                                    "دورة البرمجة", // programming course
-                                    "دورة تصميم الرسومات", // graphics design course
-                                    "تحليل وتصميم الخوارزميات", // analysis and design of algorithms
-                                };
-                                
-                                foreach (var item in items)
-                                {
-                                    var price = Placeholders.Random.NextDouble() * 100;
-                                    
-                                    table.Cell().Text(item);
-                                    table.Cell().Text(Placeholders.Random.Next(1, 10));
-                                    table.Cell().Text($"USD${price:F2}");
-                                }
-
-                                static IContainer HeaderStyle(IContainer x) => x.BorderBottom(1).PaddingVertical(5);
-                            });
-                        });
-                    });
-                });
-        }
-
-        [Test]
-        public void Column()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Column(column =>
-                {
-                    column.Spacing(5);
-
-                    column.Item().Height(50).Width(50).Background(Colors.Red.Lighten1);
-                    column.Item().Height(50).Width(100).Background(Colors.Green.Lighten1);
-                    column.Item().Height(50).Width(150).Background(Colors.Blue.Lighten1);
-                });
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Row()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Row(row =>
-                {
-                    row.Spacing(5);
-                    
-                    row.AutoItem().Height(50).Width(50).Background(Colors.Red.Lighten1);
-                    row.AutoItem().Height(50).Width(50).Background(Colors.Green.Lighten1);
-                    row.AutoItem().Height(50).Width(75).Background(Colors.Blue.Lighten1);
-                });
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Table()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Table(table =>
-                {
-                    table.ColumnsDefinition(columns =>
-                    {
-                        columns.RelativeColumn();
-                        columns.RelativeColumn();
-                        columns.RelativeColumn();
-                    });
-                    
-                    table.Cell().Height(50).Background(Colors.Red.Lighten1);
-                    table.Cell().Height(50).Background(Colors.Green.Lighten1);
-                    table.Cell().Height(50).Background(Colors.Blue.Lighten1);
-                    table.Cell().ColumnSpan(2).Height(50).Background(Colors.Orange.Lighten1);
-                });
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Constrained()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Width(50).Height(50).Background(Colors.Red.Lighten1);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Unconstrained()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container
-                    .Width(100)
-                    .Height(100)
-                    .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten3)
-                    .AlignCenter()
-                    .AlignMiddle()
-                    
-                    .Unconstrained()
-                    
-                    .Width(50)
-                    .Height(50)
-                    .Background(Colors.Red.Lighten1);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Inlined()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Column(column =>
-                {
-                    column.Spacing(10);
-
-                    column.Item().Text("Default alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(null));
-                    
-                    column.Item().Text("Left alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(InlinedAlignment.Left));
-                    
-                    column.Item().Text("Center alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(InlinedAlignment.Center));
-                    
-                    column.Item().Text("Right alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(InlinedAlignment.Right));
-                });
-                
-                static Action<IContainer> ContentWithAlignment(InlinedAlignment? alignment)
-                {
-                    return container =>
-                    {
-                        container.Inlined(inlined =>
-                        {
-                            inlined.Spacing(5);
-                            
-                            inlined.Alignment(alignment);
-                    
-                            inlined.Item().Height(50).Width(50).Background(Colors.Red.Lighten1);
-                            inlined.Item().Height(50).Width(75).Background(Colors.Green.Lighten1);
-                            inlined.Item().Height(50).Width(100).Background(Colors.Blue.Lighten1);
-                            inlined.Item().Height(50).Width(125).Background(Colors.Orange.Lighten1);
-                        });
-                    };
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Text()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Column(column =>
-                {
-                    column.Spacing(10);
-
-                    column.Item().Text("Default alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(null));
-                    
-                    column.Item().Text("Left alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Left));
-                    
-                    column.Item().Text("Center alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center));
-                    
-                    column.Item().Text("Right alignment").FontSize(14).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Element(ContentWithAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Right));
-                });
-
-                static Action<IContainer> ContentWithAlignment(HorizontalAlignment? alignment)
-                {
-                    return container =>
-                    {
-                        container.Text(text =>
-                        {
-                            text.Alignment = alignment; // internal API
-                    
-                            text.Span("Lorem ipsum").Bold().FontColor(Colors.Red.Medium);
-                            text.Element().Width(5);
-                            text.Span(Placeholders.LoremIpsum());
-                        });
-                    };
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Decoration()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Decoration(decoration =>
-                {
-                    decoration.Before().Background(Colors.Green.Lighten1).Padding(5).Text("Before").FontSize(16);
-                    decoration.Content().Background(Colors.Green.Lighten2).Padding(5).Text("Content").FontSize(16);
-                    decoration.After().Background(Colors.Green.Lighten3).Padding(5).Text("After").FontSize(16);
-                });
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Dynamic()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .EnableDebugging()
-                .Render(ContentDirectionTemplate(Content));
-
-            void Content(IContainer container)
-            {
-                container.Dynamic(new SimpleDynamic());
-            }
-        }
-        
-        class SimpleDynamic : IDynamicComponent<int>
-        {
-            public int State { get; set; }
-
-            public DynamicComponentComposeResult Compose(DynamicContext context)
-            {
-                var content = context.CreateElement(container =>
-                {
-                    container.Row(row =>
-                    {
-                        row.ConstantItem(50).Background(Colors.Red.Lighten2).Height(50);
-                        row.ConstantItem(75).Background(Colors.Green.Lighten2).Height(50);
-                        row.ConstantItem(100).Background(Colors.Blue.Lighten2).Height(50);
-                    });
-                });
-                
-                return new DynamicComponentComposeResult
-                {
-                    Content = content,
-                    HasMoreContent = false
-                };
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

QuestPDF.Examples/RepeatContentExamples.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class RepeatContentExamples
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void ItemTypes()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ProducePdf()
+                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .Decoration(decoration =>
+                        {
+                            decoration.Before().Text("Test").FontSize(22);
+                            
+                            decoration.Content().Column(column =>
+                            {
+                                column.Spacing(20);
+
+                                foreach (var _ in Enumerable.Range(0, 10))
+                                    column.Item().Background(Colors.Grey.Medium).ExtendHorizontal().Height(80);
+                            }); 
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/TextExamples.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using NUnit.Framework;
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
         {
             RenderingTest
                 .Create()
-                .PageSize(250, 100)
+                .PageSize(500, 100)
                 
                 .ProduceImages()
                 .ShowResults()
@@ -614,9 +614,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         .Padding(25)
                         .MinimalBox()
                         .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
-                        .Text("خوارزمية ترتيب")
+                        .Text("ينا الألم. في بعض الأحيان ونظراً للالتزامات التي يفرضها علينا")
                         .FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri)
-                        .FontSize(30);
+                        .FontSize(20);
                 });
         }
         
@@ -689,81 +689,5 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         });
                 });
         }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void TextDirectionality()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(new PageSize(1000, 500))
-                .ProducePdf()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .Render(container =>
-                {
-                    var text = "في المعلوماتية أو الرياضيات، خوارزمية الترتيب هي خوارزمية تمكن من تنظيم مجموعة عناصر حسب ترتيب محدد.";
-                    
-                    container
-                        .Padding(25)
-                        .ContentFromRightToLeft()
-                        .Column(column =>
-                        {
-                            column.Spacing(20);
-                            
-                            foreach (var size in new[] { 36, 34, 32, 30, 15 })
-                            {
-                                column
-                                    .Item()
-                                    .ShowEntire()
-                                    .MaxWidth(size * 25)
-                                    .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten3)
-                                    .MinimalBox()
-                                    .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
-                                    .Text(text)
-                                    .FontSize(20)
-                                    .FontFamily("Segoe UI");
-                            }
-                        });
-                });
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void ForcingTextDirection()
-        {
-            RenderingTest
-                .Create()
-                .PageSize(new PageSize(1000, 500))
-                .ProduceImages()
-                .ShowResults()
-                .Render(container =>
-                {
-                    container
-                        .Padding(10)
-                        .DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(24).FontFamily("Calibri"))
-                        .Column(column =>
-                        {
-                            column.Spacing(10);
-                            
-                            var word = "الجوريتم";
-                            var definition = "algorithm in Arabic";
-
-                            var text = $"{word} - {definition}";
-                            
-                            // text direction is automatically detected using the first word
-                            column.Item().Text(text);
-                            
-                            // it is possible to force specific content direction
-                            column.Item().Text(text).DirectionFromLeftToRight();
-                            column.Item().Text(text).DirectionFromRightToLeft();
-
-                            // to combine text in various content directions, split it into segments
-                            column.Item().Text(text =>
-                            {
-                                text.Span(word);
-                                text.Span(" - ");
-                                text.Span(definition);
-                            });
-                        });
-                });
-        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.Previewer/QuestPDF.Previewer.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <Authors>MarcinZiabek</Authors>
         <Company>CodeFlint</Company>
         <PackageId>QuestPDF.Previewer</PackageId>
-        <Version>2022.11.0</Version>
+        <Version>2022.9.1</Version>
         <PackAsTool>true</PackAsTool>
         <ToolCommandName>questpdf-previewer</ToolCommandName>
         <PackageDescription>QuestPDF is an open-source, modern and battle-tested library that can help you with generating PDF documents by offering friendly, discoverable and predictable C# fluent API.</PackageDescription>

QuestPDF.ReportSample/Layouts/TableOfContentsTemplate.cs

@@ -68,11 +68,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts
 
                         var lengthStyle = TextStyle.Default.FontColor(Colors.Grey.Medium);
                         
-                        text.TotalPagesWithinSection(locationName).Style(lengthStyle).Format(x =>
-                        {
-                            var formatted = x == 1 ? "1 page long" : $"{x} pages long";
-                            return $" ({formatted})";
-                        });
+                        text.Span(" (").Style(lengthStyle);
+                        text.TotalPagesWithinSection(locationName).Style(lengthStyle).Format(x => x == 1 ? "1 page long" : $"{x} pages long");
+                        text.Span(")").Style(lengthStyle);
                     });
                 });
         }

QuestPDF.UnitTests/AspectRatioTests.cs

@@ -153,9 +153,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                     Ratio = 2f
                 })
                 .DrawElement(new Size(500, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(400, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         }
         
@@ -170,45 +168,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                     Ratio = 2f
                 })
                 .DrawElement(new Size(400, 300))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(400, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
-                .CheckDrawResult();
-        } 
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void DrawChild_PerWidth_RightToLeft()
-        {
-            TestPlan
-                .For(x => new AspectRatio
-                {
-                    Child = x.CreateChild(),
-                    Option = AspectRatioOption.FitArea,
-                    Ratio = 2f,
-                    ContentDirection = ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                })
-                .DrawElement(new Size(500, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(100, 0)
-                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(400, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(-100, 0)
-                .CheckDrawResult();
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void DrawChild_PerHeight_RightToLeft()
-        {
-            TestPlan
-                .For(x => new AspectRatio
-                {
-                    Child = x.CreateChild(),
-                    Option = AspectRatioOption.FitArea,
-                    Ratio = 2f,
-                    ContentDirection = ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                })
-                .DrawElement(new Size(400, 300))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
-                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(400, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         } 
     }

QuestPDF.UnitTests/BoxTests.cs

@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                 })
                 .MeasureElement(new Size(400, 300))
                 .ExpectChildMeasure(expectedInput: new Size(400, 300), returns: SpacePlan.PartialRender(200, 100))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(200, 100))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         }
         
@@ -51,43 +49,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                 })
                 .MeasureElement(new Size(500, 400))
                 .ExpectChildMeasure(expectedInput: new Size(500, 400), returns: SpacePlan.FullRender(300, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(300, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
-                .CheckDrawResult();
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Measure_PartialRender_RightToLeft()
-        {
-            TestPlan
-                .For(x => new MinimalBox
-                {
-                    Child = x.CreateChild(),
-                    ContentDirection = ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                })
-                .MeasureElement(new Size(400, 300))
-                .ExpectChildMeasure(expectedInput: new Size(400, 300), returns: SpacePlan.PartialRender(200, 100))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(200, 0)
-                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(200, 100))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(-200, 0)
-                .CheckDrawResult();
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Measure_FullRender_RightToLeft()
-        {
-            TestPlan
-                .For(x => new MinimalBox
-                {
-                    Child = x.CreateChild(),
-                    ContentDirection = ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                })
-                .MeasureElement(new Size(500, 400))
-                .ExpectChildMeasure(expectedInput: new Size(500, 400), returns: SpacePlan.FullRender(350, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(150, 0)
-                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(350, 200))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(-150, 0)
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         }
     }

QuestPDF.UnitTests/TestEngine/TestPlan.cs

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
         
         public TestPlan CheckMeasureResult(SpacePlan expected)
         {
-            Element.InjectDependencies(null, Canvas);
+            Element.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(null, Canvas));
             
             var actual = Element.Measure(OperationInput);
             
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
         
         public TestPlan CheckDrawResult()
         {
-            Element.InjectDependencies(null, Canvas);
+            Element.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(null, Canvas));
             Element.Draw(OperationInput);
             return this;
         }
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
             availableSpace ??= new Size(400, 300);
             
             var canvas = new FreeCanvas();
-            value.InjectDependencies(null, canvas);
+            value.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, canvas));
             var valueMeasure = value.Measure(availableSpace.Value);
             
-            expected.InjectDependencies(null, canvas);
+            expected.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, canvas));
             var expectedMeasure = expected.Measure(availableSpace.Value);
             
             valueMeasure.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedMeasure);
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
             availableSpace ??= new Size(400, 300);
             
             var valueCanvas = new OperationRecordingCanvas();
-            value.InjectDependencies(null, valueCanvas);
+            value.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, valueCanvas));
             value.Draw(availableSpace.Value);
             
             var expectedCanvas = new OperationRecordingCanvas();
-            expected.InjectDependencies(null, expectedCanvas);
+            expected.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, expectedCanvas));
             expected.Draw(availableSpace.Value);
             
             valueCanvas.Operations.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedCanvas.Operations);

QuestPDF.UnitTests/UnconstrainedTests.cs

@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                 })
                 .DrawElement(new Size(900, 800))
                 .ExpectChildMeasure(Size.Max, SpacePlan.PartialRender(1200, 1600))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(1200, 1600))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         }
         
@@ -93,43 +91,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                 })
                 .DrawElement(new Size(900, 800))
                 .ExpectChildMeasure(Size.Max, SpacePlan.FullRender(1600, 1000))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(1600, 1000))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
-                .CheckDrawResult();
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Draw_WhenChildPartiallyRenders_RightToLeft()
-        {
-            TestPlan
-                .For(x => new Unconstrained
-                {
-                    Child = x.CreateChild(),
-                    ContentDirection = ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                })
-                .DrawElement(new Size(900, 800))
-                .ExpectChildMeasure(Size.Max, SpacePlan.PartialRender(1200, 1600))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(-1200, 0)
-                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(1200, 1600))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(1200, 0)
-                .CheckDrawResult();
-        }
-        
-        [Test]
-        public void Draw_WhenChildFullyRenders_RightToLeft()
-        {
-            TestPlan
-                .For(x => new Unconstrained
-                {
-                    Child = x.CreateChild(),
-                    ContentDirection = ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                })
-                .DrawElement(new Size(900, 800))
-                .ExpectChildMeasure(Size.Max, SpacePlan.FullRender(1600, 1000))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(-1600, 0)
-                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(1600, 1000))
-                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(1600, 0)
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         }
         

QuestPDF/Drawing/DocumentGenerator.cs

@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             document.Compose(container);
             var content = container.Compose();
             ApplyDefaultTextStyle(content, TextStyle.LibraryDefault);
-            ApplyContentDirection(content, ContentDirection.LeftToRight);
-            
+            ApplyContentRepeatState(content, false);
+
             var debuggingState = Settings.EnableDebugging ? ApplyDebugging(content) : null;
             
             if (Settings.EnableCaching)
                 ApplyCaching(content);
 
-            var pageContext = new PageContext();
+            var pageContext = new PageContext(); 
             RenderPass(pageContext, new FreeCanvas(), content, debuggingState);
             RenderPass(pageContext, canvas, content, debuggingState);
         }
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
         internal static void RenderPass<TCanvas>(PageContext pageContext, TCanvas canvas, Container content, DebuggingState? debuggingState)
             where TCanvas : ICanvas, IRenderingCanvas
         {
-            InjectDependencies(content, pageContext, canvas);
+            content.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(pageContext, canvas));
             content.VisitChildren(x => (x as IStateResettable)?.ResetState());
+
+            ResetIsRenderedState(content);
             
             canvas.BeginDocument();
 
@@ -141,18 +143,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             }
         }
 
-        internal static void InjectDependencies(this Element content, IPageContext pageContext, ICanvas canvas)
-        {
-            content.VisitChildren(x =>
-            {
-                if (x == null)
-                    return;
-                
-                x.PageContext = pageContext;
-                x.Canvas = canvas;
-            });
-        }
-
         private static void ApplyCaching(Container content)
         {
             content.VisitChildren(x =>
@@ -174,22 +164,48 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             return debuggingState;
         }
         
-        internal static void ApplyContentDirection(this Element? content, ContentDirection direction)
+        private static void ApplyContentRepeatState(Element? content, bool repeatContent)
         {
             if (content == null)
                 return;
-
-            if (content is ContentDirectionSetter contentDirectionSetter)
+            
+            if (content is IVisual visual)
+                visual.RepeatContent = repeatContent;
+            
+            if (content is TextBlock textBlock)
             {
-                ApplyContentDirection(contentDirectionSetter.Child, contentDirectionSetter.ContentDirection);
+                foreach (var textBlockItem in textBlock.Items)
+                {
+                    if (textBlockItem is TextBlockElement textElement)
+                    {
+                        ApplyContentRepeatState(textElement.Element, true);
+                    }
+                }
+                
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (content is IContentDirectionAware contentDirectionAware)
-                contentDirectionAware.ContentDirection = direction;
+            // TODO: apply RepeatState in dynamic content
+            //if (content is DynamicHost dynamicHost)
+            //  dynamicHost.TextStyle = dynamicHost.TextStyle.ApplyGlobalStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
+
+            if (content is RepeatContentSetter repeatContentSetter)
+                repeatContent = repeatContentSetter.RepeatContent;
             
             foreach (var child in content.GetChildren())
-                ApplyContentDirection(child, direction);
+                ApplyContentRepeatState(child, repeatContent);
+        }
+        
+        private static void ResetIsRenderedState(Element? content)
+        {
+            if (content == null)
+                return;
+            
+            if (content is IVisual visual)
+                visual.IsRendered = false;
+
+            foreach (var child in content.GetChildren())
+                ResetIsRenderedState(child);
         }
 
         internal static void ApplyDefaultTextStyle(this Element? content, TextStyle documentDefaultTextStyle)

QuestPDF/Drawing/TextShaper.cs

@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             PopulateBufferWithText(buffer, text);
             buffer.GuessSegmentProperties();
 
-            if (TextStyle.Direction == TextDirection.LeftToRight)
-                buffer.Direction = Direction.LeftToRight;
-            
-            if (TextStyle.Direction == TextDirection.RightToLeft)
-                buffer.Direction = Direction.RightToLeft;
-            
             ShaperFont.Shape(buffer);
             
             var length = buffer.Length;
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
                 yOffset += glyphPositions[i].YAdvance * scaleY;
             }
             
-            return new TextShapingResult(buffer.Direction, glyphs);
+            return new TextShapingResult(glyphs);
         }
         
         void PopulateBufferWithText(Buffer buffer, string text)
@@ -98,65 +92,29 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
     
     internal class TextShapingResult
     {
-        private Direction Direction { get; }
-        private ShapedGlyph[] Glyphs { get; }
+        public ShapedGlyph[] Glyphs { get; }
 
-        public int Length => Glyphs.Length;
-        
-        public ShapedGlyph this[int index] =>
-            Direction == Direction.LeftToRight 
-                ? Glyphs[index] 
-                : Glyphs[Glyphs.Length - 1 - index];
-
-        public TextShapingResult(Direction direction, ShapedGlyph[] glyphs)
+        public TextShapingResult(ShapedGlyph[] glyphs)
         {
-            Direction = direction;
             Glyphs = glyphs;
         }
 
         public int BreakText(int startIndex, float maxWidth)
         {
-            return Direction switch
+            var index = startIndex;
+            maxWidth += Glyphs[startIndex].Position.X;
+
+            while (index < Glyphs.Length)
             {
-                Direction.LeftToRight => BreakTextLeftToRight(),
-                Direction.RightToLeft => BreakTextRightToLeft(),
-                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
-            };
-
-            int BreakTextLeftToRight()
-            {
-                var index = startIndex;
-                maxWidth += Glyphs[startIndex].Position.X;
-
-                while (index < Glyphs.Length)
-                {
-                    var glyph = Glyphs[index];
+                var glyph = Glyphs[index];
                 
-                    if (glyph.Position.X + glyph.Width > maxWidth + Size.Epsilon)
-                        break;
+                if (glyph.Position.X + glyph.Width > maxWidth + Size.Epsilon)
+                    break;
                 
-                    index++;
-                }
-
-                return index - 1;
+                index++;
             }
-            
-            int BreakTextRightToLeft()
-            {
-                var index = startIndex;
 
-                var startOffset = this[startIndex].Position.X + this[startIndex].Width;
-
-                while (index < Glyphs.Length)
-                {
-                    if (startOffset - this[index].Position.X > maxWidth + Size.Epsilon)
-                        break;
-                
-                    index++;
-                }
-
-                return index - 1;
-            }
+            return index - 1;
         }
         
         public float MeasureWidth(int startIndex, int endIndex)
@@ -164,15 +122,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             if (Glyphs.Length == 0)
                 return 0;
             
-            var start = this[startIndex];
-            var end = this[endIndex];
+            var start = Glyphs[startIndex];
+            var end = Glyphs[endIndex];
 
-            return Direction switch
-            {
-                Direction.LeftToRight => end.Position.X - start.Position.X + end.Width,
-                Direction.RightToLeft => start.Position.X - end.Position.X + start.Width,
-                _ => throw new NotSupportedException()
-            };
+            return end.Position.X - start.Position.X + end.Width;
         }
         
         public DrawTextCommand? PositionText(int startIndex, int endIndex, TextStyle textStyle)
@@ -193,18 +146,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             {
                 var runIndex = sourceIndex - startIndex;
                 
-                glyphSpan[runIndex] = this[sourceIndex].Codepoint;
-                positionSpan[runIndex] = this[sourceIndex].Position;
+                glyphSpan[runIndex] = Glyphs[sourceIndex].Codepoint;
+                positionSpan[runIndex] = Glyphs[sourceIndex].Position;
             }
-
-            var firstVisualCharacterIndex = Direction == Direction.LeftToRight
-                ? startIndex
-                : endIndex;
             
             return new DrawTextCommand
             {
                 SkTextBlob = skTextBlobBuilder.Build(),
-                TextOffsetX = -this[firstVisualCharacterIndex].Position.X
+                TextOffsetX = -Glyphs[startIndex].Position.X
             };
         }
     }

QuestPDF/Elements/AspectRatio.cs

@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class AspectRatio : ContainerElement, ICacheable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class AspectRatio : ContainerElement, ICacheable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
         public float Ratio { get; set; } = 1;
         public AspectRatioOption Option { get; set; } = AspectRatioOption.FitWidth;
         
@@ -44,14 +42,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 return;
             
             var size = GetTargetSize(availableSpace);
-            
-            var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                ? Position.Zero
-                : new Position(availableSpace.Width - size.Width, 0);
-            
-            Canvas.Translate(offset);
             base.Draw(size);
-            Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
         }
         
         private Size GetTargetSize(Size availableSpace)

QuestPDF/Elements/Canvas.cs

@@ -7,19 +7,28 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
     public delegate void DrawOnCanvas(SKCanvas canvas, Size availableSpace);
     
-    internal class Canvas : Element, ICacheable
+    internal class Canvas : Element, IVisual, ICacheable
     {
+        public bool IsRendered { get; set; }
+        public bool RepeatContent { get; set; }
+        
         public DrawOnCanvas Handler { get; set; }
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            return availableSpace.IsNegative() 
-                ? SpacePlan.Wrap() 
-                : SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
+            if (availableSpace.IsNegative())
+                return SpacePlan.Wrap();
+            
+            if (IsRendered && !RepeatContent)
+                return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
+            
+            return SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            IsRendered = true;
+            
             var skiaCanvas = (Canvas as Drawing.SkiaCanvasBase)?.Canvas;
             
             if (Handler == null || skiaCanvas == null)

QuestPDF/Elements/Column.cs

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                     command.ColumnItem.IsRendered = true;
 
                 var targetSize = new Size(availableSpace.Width, command.Size.Height);
-
+                
                 Canvas.Translate(command.Offset);
                 command.ColumnItem.Draw(targetSize);
                 Canvas.Translate(command.Offset.Reverse());

QuestPDF/Elements/Constrained.cs

@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class Constrained : ContainerElement, ICacheable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class Constrained : ContainerElement, ICacheable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
         public float? MinWidth { get; set; }
         public float? MaxWidth { get; set; }
 
@@ -47,17 +45,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            var size = new Size(
+            var available = new Size(
                 Min(MaxWidth, availableSpace.Width),
                 Min(MaxHeight, availableSpace.Height));
             
-            var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                ? Position.Zero
-                : new Position(availableSpace.Width - size.Width, 0);
-            
-            Canvas.Translate(offset);
-            base.Draw(size);
-            Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
+            Child?.Draw(available);
         }
         
         private static float Min(float? x, float y)

QuestPDF/Elements/ContentDirectionSetter.cs

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
-
-namespace QuestPDF.Elements
-{
-    internal class ContentDirectionSetter : ContainerElement
-    {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-    }
-}

QuestPDF/Elements/Decoration.cs

@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         public Position Offset { get; set; }
     }
     
-    internal class Decoration : Element, ICacheable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class Decoration : Element, ICacheable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
         internal Element Before { get; set; } = new Empty();
         internal Element Content { get; set; } = new Empty();
         internal Element After { get; set; } = new Empty();
@@ -66,13 +64,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             {
                 var elementSize = new Size(width, command.Measurement.Height);
                 
-                var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                    ? command.Offset
-                    : new Position(availableSpace.Width - width, command.Offset.Y);
-                
-                Canvas.Translate(offset);
+                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset);
                 command.Element.Draw(elementSize);
-                Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
+                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset.Reverse());
             }
         }
 

QuestPDF/Elements/Dynamic.cs

@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class DynamicHost : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class DynamicHost : Element, IStateResettable
     {
         private DynamicComponentProxy Child { get; }
         private object InitialComponentState { get; set; }
 
         internal TextStyle TextStyle { get; set; } = TextStyle.Default;
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
+
         public DynamicHost(DynamicComponentProxy child)
         {
             Child = child;
@@ -52,14 +51,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             
             var context = new DynamicContext
             {
-                PageContext = PageContext,
-                Canvas = Canvas,
-                
-                TextStyle = TextStyle,
-                ContentDirection = ContentDirection,
-                
                 PageNumber = PageContext.CurrentPage,
                 TotalPages = PageContext.GetLocation(Infrastructure.PageContext.DocumentLocation).PageEnd,
+                PageContext = PageContext,
+                Canvas = Canvas,
+                TextStyle = TextStyle,
+                
                 AvailableSize = availableSize
             };
             
@@ -76,9 +73,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
     {
         internal IPageContext PageContext { get; set; }
         internal ICanvas Canvas { get; set; }
-        
         internal TextStyle TextStyle { get; set; }
-        internal ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
     
         public int PageNumber { get; internal set; }
         public int TotalPages { get; internal set; }
@@ -90,9 +85,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             content(container);
             
             container.ApplyDefaultTextStyle(TextStyle);
-            container.ApplyContentDirection(ContentDirection);
-            
-            container.InjectDependencies(PageContext, Canvas);
+            container.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(PageContext, Canvas));
             container.VisitChildren(x => (x as IStateResettable)?.ResetState());
 
             container.Size = container.Measure(Size.Max);

QuestPDF/Elements/DynamicImage.cs

@@ -6,19 +6,31 @@ using SkiaSharp;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class DynamicImage : Element
+    internal class DynamicImage : Element, IVisual
     {
+        public bool IsRendered { get; set; }
+        public bool RepeatContent { get; set; }
+        
         public Func<Size, byte[]>? Source { get; set; }
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            return availableSpace.IsNegative() 
-                ? SpacePlan.Wrap() 
-                : SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
+            if (availableSpace.IsNegative())
+                return SpacePlan.Wrap();
+            
+            if (IsRendered && !RepeatContent)
+                return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
+            
+            return SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            IsRendered = true;
+            
+            if (availableSpace.Width < Size.Epsilon || availableSpace.Height < Size.Epsilon)
+                return;
+            
             var imageData = Source?.Invoke(availableSpace);
             
             if (imageData == null)

QuestPDF/Elements/Image.cs

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ using SkiaSharp;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class Image : Element, ICacheable
+    internal class Image : Element, IVisual, ICacheable
     {
+        public bool IsRendered { get; set; }
+        public bool RepeatContent { get; set; }
+        
         public SKImage? InternalImage { get; set; }
 
         ~Image()
@@ -16,9 +19,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            return availableSpace.IsNegative() 
-                ? SpacePlan.Wrap() 
-                : SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
+            if (availableSpace.IsNegative())
+                return SpacePlan.Wrap();
+            
+            if (IsRendered && !RepeatContent)
+                return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
+            
+            return SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
@@ -26,6 +33,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             if (InternalImage == null)
                 return;
 
+            IsRendered = true;
             Canvas.DrawImage(InternalImage, Position.Zero, availableSpace);
         }
     }

QuestPDF/Elements/Inlined.cs

@@ -26,17 +26,15 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         public SpacePlan Size { get; set; }
     }
     
-    internal class Inlined : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class Inlined : Element, IStateResettable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
         public List<InlinedElement> Elements { get; internal set; } = new List<InlinedElement>();
         private Queue<InlinedElement> ChildrenQueue { get; set; }
 
         internal float VerticalSpacing { get; set; }
         internal float HorizontalSpacing { get; set; }
         
-        internal InlinedAlignment? ElementsAlignment { get; set; }
+        internal InlinedAlignment ElementsAlignment { get; set; }
         internal VerticalAlignment BaselineAlignment { get; set; }
         
         public void ResetState()
@@ -51,8 +49,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            SetDefaultAlignment();   
-            
             if (!ChildrenQueue.Any())
                 return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
             
@@ -85,8 +81,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            SetDefaultAlignment();
-            
             var lines = Compose(availableSpace);
             var topOffset = 0f;
             
@@ -109,6 +103,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
                 var elementOffset = ElementOffset();
                 var leftOffset = AlignOffset();
+                Canvas.Translate(new Position(leftOffset, 0));
                 
                 foreach (var measurement in lineMeasurements)
                 {
@@ -118,16 +113,15 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                     if (size.Height == 0)
                         size = new Size(size.Width, lineSize.Height);
                     
-                    var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                        ? new Position(leftOffset, baselineOffset)
-                        : new Position(availableSpace.Width - size.Width - leftOffset, baselineOffset);
-                    
-                    Canvas.Translate(offset);
+                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, baselineOffset));
                     measurement.Element.Draw(size);
-                    Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
+                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -baselineOffset));
 
                     leftOffset += size.Width + elementOffset;
+                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(size.Width + elementOffset, 0));
                 }
+                
+                Canvas.Translate(new Position(-leftOffset, 0));
 
                 float ElementOffset()
                 {
@@ -146,15 +140,15 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
                 float AlignOffset()
                 {
-                    var emptySpace = availableSpace.Width - lineSize.Width - (lineMeasurements.Count - 1) * HorizontalSpacing;
+                    var difference = availableSpace.Width - lineSize.Width - (lineMeasurements.Count - 1) * HorizontalSpacing;
 
                     return ElementsAlignment switch
                     {
-                        InlinedAlignment.Left => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? 0 : emptySpace,
+                        InlinedAlignment.Left => 0,
                         InlinedAlignment.Justify => 0,
                         InlinedAlignment.SpaceAround => elementOffset,
-                        InlinedAlignment.Center => emptySpace / 2,
-                        InlinedAlignment.Right => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? emptySpace : 0,
+                        InlinedAlignment.Center => difference / 2,
+                        InlinedAlignment.Right => difference,
                         _ => 0
                     };
                 }
@@ -173,16 +167,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             }
         }
 
-        void SetDefaultAlignment()
-        {
-            if (ElementsAlignment.HasValue)
-                return;
-
-            ElementsAlignment = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                ? InlinedAlignment.Left
-                : InlinedAlignment.Right;
-        }
-        
         Size GetLineSize(ICollection<InlinedMeasurement> measurements)
         {
             var width = measurements.Sum(x => x.Size.Width);

QuestPDF/Elements/Line.cs

@@ -15,34 +15,42 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         Horizontal
     }
     
-    internal class Line : Element, ILine, ICacheable
+    internal class Line : Element, ILine, IVisual, ICacheable
     {
+        public bool IsRendered { get; set; }
+        public bool RepeatContent { get; set; }
+        
         public LineType Type { get; set; } = LineType.Vertical;
         public string Color { get; set; } = Colors.Black;
-        public float Size { get; set; } = 1;
+        public float Thickness { get; set; } = 1;
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
             if (availableSpace.IsNegative())
                 return SpacePlan.Wrap();
+
+            if (IsRendered && !RepeatContent)
+                return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
             
             return Type switch
             {
-                LineType.Vertical when availableSpace.Width + Infrastructure.Size.Epsilon >= Size => SpacePlan.FullRender(Size, 0),
-                LineType.Horizontal when availableSpace.Height + Infrastructure.Size.Epsilon >= Size => SpacePlan.FullRender(0, Size),
+                LineType.Vertical when availableSpace.Width + Infrastructure.Size.Epsilon >= Thickness => SpacePlan.FullRender(Thickness, 0),
+                LineType.Horizontal when availableSpace.Height + Infrastructure.Size.Epsilon >= Thickness => SpacePlan.FullRender(0, Thickness),
                 _ => SpacePlan.Wrap()
             };
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            IsRendered = true;
+            
             if (Type == LineType.Vertical)
             {
-                Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(-Size/2, 0), new Size(Size, availableSpace.Height), Color);
+                Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(-Thickness/2, 0), new Size(Thickness, availableSpace.Height), Color);
             }
             else if (Type == LineType.Horizontal)
             {
-                Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(0, -Size/2), new Size(availableSpace.Width, Size), Color);
+                Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(0, -Thickness/2), new Size(availableSpace.Width, Thickness), Color);
             }
         }
     }

QuestPDF/Elements/MinimalBox.cs

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class MinimalBox : ContainerElement, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class MinimalBox : ContainerElement
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
             var targetSize = base.Measure(availableSpace);
@@ -14,13 +12,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             if (targetSize.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                 return;
             
-            var translate = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                ? new Position(availableSpace.Width - targetSize.Width, 0)
-                : Position.Zero;
-            
-            Canvas.Translate(translate);
             base.Draw(targetSize);
-            Canvas.Translate(translate.Reverse());
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Elements/Page.cs

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
     internal class Page : IComponent
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        public TextStyle DefaultTextStyle { get; set; } = TextStyle.Default;
+        public TextStyle DefaultTextStyle { get; set; } = new TextStyle();
         
         public Size MinSize { get; set; } = PageSizes.A4;
         public Size MaxSize { get; set; } = PageSizes.A4;
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         public void Compose(IContainer container)
         {
             container
-                .ContentDirection(ContentDirection)
                 .Background(BackgroundColor)
                 .Layers(layers =>
                 {

QuestPDF/Elements/Placeholder.cs

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 {
                     if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Text))
                         x.MaxHeight(32).Image(ImageData, ImageScaling.FitArea);
-                    
                     else
                         x.Text(Text).FontSize(14);
                 });

QuestPDF/Elements/RepeatContentSetter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Elements
+{
+    internal class RepeatContentSetter : ContainerElement
+    {
+        public bool RepeatContent { get; set; }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Elements/Row.cs

@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         public Position Offset { get; set; }
     }
     
-    internal class Row : Element, ICacheable, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class Row : Element, ICacheable, IStateResettable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
         internal List<RowItem> Items { get; } = new();
         internal float Spacing { get; set; }
 
@@ -93,13 +91,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 if (command.Measurement.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                     continue;
 
-                var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                    ? command.Offset
-                    : new Position(availableSpace.Width - command.Offset.X - command.Size.Width, 0);
-                    
-                Canvas.Translate(offset);
+                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset);
                 command.RowItem.Draw(command.Size);
-                Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
+                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset.Reverse());
             }
             
             if (Items.All(x => x.IsRendered))

QuestPDF/Elements/Table/Table.cs

@@ -9,15 +9,12 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
 {
-    internal class Table : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class Table : Element, IStateResettable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
-        public List<TableColumnDefinition> Columns { get; set; } = new();
-        public List<TableCell> Cells { get; set; } = new();
+        public List<TableColumnDefinition> Columns { get; set; } = new List<TableColumnDefinition>();
+        public List<TableCell> Cells { get; set; } = new List<TableCell>();
         public bool ExtendLastCellsToTableBottom { get; set; }
         
-        private bool CacheInitialized { get; set; }
         private int StartingRowsCount { get; set; }
         private int RowsCount { get; set; }
         private int CurrentRow { get; set; }
@@ -29,6 +26,16 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
         private int MaxRow { get; set; }
         private int MaxRowSpan { get; set; }
         
+        internal override void Initialize(IPageContext pageContext, ICanvas canvas)
+        {
+            StartingRowsCount = Cells.Select(x => x.Row).DefaultIfEmpty(0).Max();
+            RowsCount = Cells.Select(x => x.Row + x.RowSpan - 1).DefaultIfEmpty(0).Max();
+            Cells = Cells.OrderBy(x => x.Row).ThenBy(x => x.Column).ToList();
+            BuildCache();
+
+            base.Initialize(pageContext, canvas);
+        }
+
         internal override IEnumerable<Element?> GetChildren()
         {
             return Cells;
@@ -36,26 +43,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
 
         public void ResetState()
         {
-            Initialize();
-            
             foreach (var x in Cells)
                 x.IsRendered = false;
             
             CurrentRow = 1;
         }
-        
-        private void Initialize()
-        {
-            if (CacheInitialized)
-                return;
-
-            StartingRowsCount = Cells.Select(x => x.Row).DefaultIfEmpty(0).Max();
-            RowsCount = Cells.Select(x => x.Row + x.RowSpan - 1).DefaultIfEmpty(0).Max();
-            Cells = Cells.OrderBy(x => x.Row).ThenBy(x => x.Column).ToList();
-            BuildCache();
-
-            CacheInitialized = true;
-        }
 
         private void BuildCache()
         {
@@ -120,13 +112,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
                 if (command.Measurement.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                     continue;
                 
-                var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                    ? command.Offset
-                    : new Position(availableSpace.Width - command.Offset.X - command.Size.Width, command.Offset.Y);
-                
-                Canvas.Translate(offset);
+                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset);
                 command.Cell.Draw(command.Size);
-                Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
+                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset.Reverse());
             }
 
             CurrentRow = FindLastRenderedRow(renderingCommands) + 1;
@@ -173,7 +161,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
             
             if (ExtendLastCellsToTableBottom)
                 AdjustLastCellSizes(tableHeight, commands);
-            
+
             return commands;
 
             static float[] GetColumnLeftOffsets(IList<TableColumnDefinition> columns)

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockElement.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
         public TextMeasurementResult? Measure(TextMeasurementRequest request)
         {
             Element.VisitChildren(x => (x as IStateResettable)?.ResetState());
-            Element.InjectDependencies(request.PageContext, request.Canvas);
+            Element.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(request.PageContext, request.Canvas));
 
             var measurement = Element.Measure(new Size(request.AvailableWidth, Size.Max.Height));
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
         public void Draw(TextDrawingRequest request)
         {
             Element.VisitChildren(x => (x as IStateResettable)?.ResetState());
-            Element.InjectDependencies(request.PageContext, request.Canvas);
+            Element.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(request.PageContext, request.Canvas));
             
             request.Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, request.TotalAscent));
             Element.Draw(new Size(request.TextSize.Width, -request.TotalAscent));

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockSpan.cs

@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             // ignore leading spaces
             if (!request.IsFirstElementInBlock && request.IsFirstElementInLine)
             {
-                while (startIndex < TextShapingResult.Length && Text[startIndex] == spaceCodepoint)
+                while (startIndex < TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length && Text[startIndex] == spaceCodepoint)
                     startIndex++;
             }
 
-            if (TextShapingResult.Length == 0 || startIndex == TextShapingResult.Length)
+            if (TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length == 0 || startIndex == TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length)
             {
                 return new TextMeasurementResult
                 {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
                 StartIndex = startIndex,
                 EndIndex = wrappedText.Value.endIndex,
                 NextIndex = wrappedText.Value.nextIndex,
-                TotalIndex = TextShapingResult.Length - 1
+                TotalIndex = TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length - 1
             };
         }
         
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             // textLength - length of the part of the text that fits in available width (creating a line)
 
             // entire text fits, no need to wrap
-            if (endIndex == TextShapingResult.Length - 1)
+            if (endIndex == TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length - 1)
                 return (endIndex, endIndex);
 
             // breaking anywhere
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
                 return (endIndex, endIndex + 1);
                 
             // current line ends at word, next character is space, perfect place to wrap
-            if (TextShapingResult[endIndex].Codepoint != spaceCodepoint && TextShapingResult[endIndex + 1].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
+            if (TextShapingResult.Glyphs[endIndex].Codepoint != spaceCodepoint && TextShapingResult.Glyphs[endIndex + 1].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
                 return (endIndex, endIndex + 2);
                 
             // find last space within the available text to wrap
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
 
             while (lastSpaceIndex >= startIndex)
             {
-                if (TextShapingResult[lastSpaceIndex].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
+                if (TextShapingResult.Glyphs[lastSpaceIndex].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
                     break;
 
                 lastSpaceIndex--;

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/TextBlock.cs

@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ using System.Linq;
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 using QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation;
 using QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
 {
-    internal class TextBlock : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
+    internal class TextBlock : Element, IVisual, IStateResettable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        public bool IsRendered { get; set; }
+        public bool RepeatContent { get; set; }
         
-        public HorizontalAlignment? Alignment { get; set; }
+        public HorizontalAlignment Alignment { get; set; } = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
         public List<ITextBlockItem> Items { get; set; } = new List<ITextBlockItem>();
 
         public string Text => string.Join(" ", Items.Where(x => x is TextBlockSpan).Cast<TextBlockSpan>().Select(x => x.Text));
@@ -52,21 +54,15 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                 FontFallbackApplied = true;
             }
         }
-        
-        void SetDefaultAlignment()
-        {
-            if (Alignment.HasValue)
-                return;
-
-            Alignment = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                ? HorizontalAlignment.Left
-                : HorizontalAlignment.Right;
-        }
 
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            SetDefaultAlignment();
+            if (availableSpace.IsNegative())
+                return SpacePlan.Wrap();
             
+            if (IsRendered && !RepeatContent)
+                return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
+
             if (!RenderingQueue.Any())
                 return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
             
@@ -94,19 +90,26 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            SetDefaultAlignment();
-            
+            if (IsRendered && !RepeatContent)
+                return;
+
             var lines = DivideTextItemsIntoLines(availableSpace.Width, availableSpace.Height).ToList();
             
             if (!lines.Any())
                 return;
             
-            var topOffset = 0f;
-
+            var heightOffset = 0f;
+            var widthOffset = 0f;
+            
             foreach (var line in lines)
             {
-                var leftOffset = GetAlignmentOffset(line.Width);
+                widthOffset = 0f;
 
+                var alignmentOffset = GetAlignmentOffset(line.Width);
+                
+                Canvas.Translate(new Position(alignmentOffset, 0));
+                Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -line.Ascent));
+            
                 foreach (var item in line.Elements)
                 {
                     var textDrawingRequest = new TextDrawingRequest
@@ -121,20 +124,21 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                         TotalAscent = line.Ascent
                     };
                 
-                    var canvasOffset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
-                        ? new Position(leftOffset, topOffset - line.Ascent)
-                        : new Position(availableSpace.Width - leftOffset - item.Measurement.Width, topOffset - line.Ascent);
-                    
-                    Canvas.Translate(canvasOffset);
                     item.Item.Draw(textDrawingRequest);
-                    Canvas.Translate(canvasOffset.Reverse());
-                    
-                    leftOffset += item.Measurement.Width;
-                }
                 
-                topOffset += line.LineHeight;
+                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(item.Measurement.Width, 0));
+                    widthOffset += item.Measurement.Width;
+                }
+            
+                Canvas.Translate(new Position(-alignmentOffset, 0));
+                Canvas.Translate(new Position(-line.Width, line.Ascent));
+                Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, line.LineHeight));
+                
+                heightOffset += line.LineHeight;
             }
-
+            
+            Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -heightOffset));
+            
             lines
                 .SelectMany(x => x.Elements)
                 .GroupBy(x => x.Item)
@@ -145,21 +149,27 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
 
             var lastElementMeasurement = lines.Last().Elements.Last().Measurement;
             CurrentElementIndex = lastElementMeasurement.IsLast ? 0 : lastElementMeasurement.NextIndex;
-            
+
             if (!RenderingQueue.Any())
+            {
                 ResetState();
-            
+                IsRendered = true;
+            }
+
             float GetAlignmentOffset(float lineWidth)
             {
+                if (Alignment == HorizontalAlignment.Left)
+                    return 0;
+
                 var emptySpace = availableSpace.Width - lineWidth;
 
-                return Alignment switch
-                {
-                    HorizontalAlignment.Left => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? 0 : emptySpace,
-                    HorizontalAlignment.Center => emptySpace / 2,
-                    HorizontalAlignment.Right => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? emptySpace : 0,
-                    _ => 0
-                };
+                if (Alignment == HorizontalAlignment.Right)
+                    return emptySpace;
+
+                if (Alignment == HorizontalAlignment.Center)
+                    return emptySpace / 2;
+
+                throw new ArgumentException();
             }
         }
 

QuestPDF/Elements/Unconstrained.cs

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class Unconstrained : ContainerElement, IContentDirectionAware, ICacheable
+    internal class Unconstrained : ContainerElement, ICacheable
     {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-        
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
             var childSize = base.Measure(Size.Max);
@@ -27,13 +25,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             if (measurement.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                 return;
 
-            var translate = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.RightToLeft
-                ? new Position(-measurement.Width, 0)
-                : Position.Zero;
-            
-            Canvas.Translate(translate);
             base.Draw(measurement);
-            Canvas.Translate(translate.Reverse());
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Fluent/ContentDirectionExtensions.cs

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-using QuestPDF.Elements;
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
-
-namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
-{
-    public static class ContentDirectionExtensions
-    {
-        internal static IContainer ContentDirection(this IContainer element, ContentDirection direction)
-        {
-            return element.Element(new ContentDirectionSetter
-            {
-                ContentDirection = direction
-            });
-        }
-        
-        public static IContainer ContentFromLeftToRight(this IContainer element)
-        {
-            return element.ContentDirection(Infrastructure.ContentDirection.LeftToRight);
-        }
-        
-        public static IContainer ContentFromRightToLeft(this IContainer element)
-        {
-            return element.ContentDirection(Infrastructure.ContentDirection.RightToLeft);
-        }
-    }
-}

QuestPDF/Fluent/DecorationExtensions.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             var container = new Container();
             Decoration.Before = container;
-            return container;
+            return container.RepeatContentWhenPaging();
         }
         
         public void Before(Action<IContainer> handler)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             var container = new Container();
             Decoration.After = container;
-            return container;
+            return container.RepeatContentWhenPaging();
         }
         
         public void After(Action<IContainer> handler)
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.2. Please use the 'Before' method.")]
         public IContainer Header()
         {
-            var container = new Container();
-            Decoration.Before = container;
-            return container;
+            return Before();
         }
         
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.2. Please use the 'Before' method.")]
@@ -63,9 +61,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.2. Please use the 'After' method.")]
         public IContainer Footer()
         {
-            var container = new Container();
-            Decoration.After = container;
-            return container;
+            return After();
         }
         
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.2. Please use the 'After' method.")]

QuestPDF/Fluent/GridExtensions.cs

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
     
     public static class GridExtensions
     {
-        [Obsolete("This element has been deprecated since version 2022.11. Please use the Table element, or the combination of the Row and Column elements.")]
         public static void Grid(this IContainer element, Action<GridDescriptor> handler)
         {
             var descriptor = new GridDescriptor();

QuestPDF/Fluent/InlinedExtensions.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         public void BaselineMiddle() => Inlined.BaselineAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Middle;
         public void BaselineBottom() => Inlined.BaselineAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Bottom;
 
-        internal void Alignment(InlinedAlignment? alignment) => Inlined.ElementsAlignment = alignment;
         public void AlignLeft() => Inlined.ElementsAlignment = InlinedAlignment.Left;
         public void AlignCenter() => Inlined.ElementsAlignment = InlinedAlignment.Center;
         public void AlignRight() => Inlined.ElementsAlignment = InlinedAlignment.Right;

QuestPDF/Fluent/LayerExtensions.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             return container;
         }
 
-        public IContainer Layer() => Layer(false);
+        public IContainer Layer() => Layer(false).RepeatContentWhenPaging();
         public IContainer PrimaryLayer() => Layer(true);
 
         internal void Validate()

QuestPDF/Fluent/LineExtensions.cs

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
 {
     public static class LineExtensions
     {
-        private static ILine Line(this IContainer element, LineType type, float size)
+        private static ILine Line(this IContainer element, LineType type, float thickness)
         {
             var line = new Line
             {
-                Size = size,
+                Thickness = thickness,
                 Type = type
             };
 
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             return line;
         }
         
-        public static ILine LineVertical(this IContainer element, float size, Unit unit = Unit.Point)
+        public static ILine LineVertical(this IContainer element, float thickness, Unit unit = Unit.Point)
         {
-            return element.Line(LineType.Vertical, size.ToPoints(unit));
+            return element.Line(LineType.Vertical, thickness.ToPoints(unit));
         }
         
-        public static ILine LineHorizontal(this IContainer element, float size, Unit unit = Unit.Point)
+        public static ILine LineHorizontal(this IContainer element, float thickness, Unit unit = Unit.Point)
         {
-            return element.Line(LineType.Horizontal, size.ToPoints(unit));
+            return element.Line(LineType.Horizontal, thickness.ToPoints(unit));
         }
         
         public static void LineColor(this ILine descriptor, string value)

QuestPDF/Fluent/PageExtensions.cs

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
     {
         internal Page Page { get; } = new Page();
 
-        #region Size
-        
-        public void Size(float width, float height, Unit unit = Unit.Point)
+        public void Size(float width, float height, Unit unit = Unit.Inch)
         {
             var pageSize = new PageSize(width, height, unit);
             
@@ -41,10 +39,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             Page.MaxSize = pageSize;
         }
-        
-        #endregion
-        
-        #region Margin
 
         public void MarginLeft(float value, Unit unit = Unit.Point)
         {
@@ -84,10 +78,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             MarginHorizontal(value, unit);
         }
         
-        #endregion
-        
-        #region Properties
-        
         public void DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle textStyle)
         {
             Page.DefaultTextStyle = textStyle;
@@ -98,16 +88,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             DefaultTextStyle(handler(TextStyle.Default));
         }
         
-        public void ContentFromLeftToRight()
-        {
-            Page.ContentDirection = ContentDirection.LeftToRight;
-        }
-        
-        public void ContentFromRightToLeft()
-        {
-            Page.ContentDirection = ContentDirection.RightToLeft;
-        }
-        
         public void PageColor(string color)
         {
             Page.BackgroundColor = color;
@@ -119,10 +99,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             PageColor(color);
         }
         
-        #endregion
-        
-        #region Slots
-        
         public IContainer Background()
         {
             var container = new Container();
@@ -157,8 +133,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             Page.Footer = container;
             return container;
         }
-        
-        #endregion
     }
     
     public static class PageExtensions

QuestPDF/Fluent/RepeatContentExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
+{
+    public static class RepeatContentExtensions
+    {
+        private static IContainer RepeatContent(this IContainer element, Action<RepeatContentSetter> handler)
+        {
+            var repeatContentSetter = element as RepeatContentSetter ?? new RepeatContentSetter();
+            handler(repeatContentSetter);
+            
+            return element.Element(repeatContentSetter);
+        }
+
+        public static IContainer RepeatContentWhenPaging(this IContainer element)
+        {
+            return element.RepeatContent(x => x.RepeatContent = true);
+        }
+        
+        public static IContainer DoNotRepeatContentWhenPaging(this IContainer element)
+        {
+            return element.RepeatContent(x => x.RepeatContent = false);
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextExtensions.cs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
     {
         private ICollection<TextBlock> TextBlocks { get; } = new List<TextBlock>();
         private TextStyle? DefaultStyle { get; set; }
-        internal HorizontalAlignment? Alignment { get; set; }
+        internal HorizontalAlignment Alignment { get; set; } = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
         private float Spacing { get; set; } = 0f;
 
         public void DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle style)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             DefaultStyle = style(TextStyle.Default);
         }
-  
+        
         public void AlignLeft()
         {
             Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         
         internal void Compose(IContainer container)
         {
-            TextBlocks.ToList().ForEach(x => x.Alignment ??= Alignment);
+            TextBlocks.ToList().ForEach(x => x.Alignment = Alignment);
             
             if (DefaultStyle != null)
                 container = container.DefaultTextStyle(DefaultStyle);

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextSpanDescriptorExtensions.cs

@@ -164,27 +164,5 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         }
         
         #endregion
-        
-        #region Direction
-
-        public static T DirectionAuto<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
-        {
-            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.DirectionAuto());
-            return descriptor;
-        }
-        
-        public static T DirectionFromLeftToRight<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
-        {
-            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.DirectionFromLeftToRight());
-            return descriptor;
-        }
-        
-        public static T DirectionFromRightToLeft<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
-        {
-            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.DirectionFromRightToLeft());
-            return descriptor;
-        }
-
-        #endregion
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextStyleExtensions.cs

@@ -165,29 +165,5 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         }
 
         #endregion
-
-        #region Direction
-
-        private static TextStyle TextDirection(this TextStyle style, TextDirection textDirection)
-        {
-            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.Direction, textDirection);
-        }
-        
-        public static TextStyle DirectionAuto(this TextStyle style)
-        {
-            return style.TextDirection(Infrastructure.TextDirection.Auto);
-        }
-        
-        public static TextStyle DirectionFromLeftToRight(this TextStyle style)
-        {
-            return style.TextDirection(Infrastructure.TextDirection.LeftToRight);
-        }
-        
-        public static TextStyle DirectionFromRightToLeft(this TextStyle style)
-        {
-            return style.TextDirection(Infrastructure.TextDirection.RightToLeft);
-        }
-
-        #endregion
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Helpers/Placeholders.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Helpers
 {
     public static class Placeholders
     {
-        public static readonly Random Random = new Random();
+        public static readonly Random Random = new Random(0);
         
         #region Word Cache
 

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/ContentDirection.cs

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
-{
-    internal enum ContentDirection
-    {
-        LeftToRight,
-        RightToLeft
-    }
-}

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/Element.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
             yield break;
         }
 
+        internal virtual void Initialize(IPageContext pageContext, ICanvas canvas)
+        {
+            PageContext = pageContext;
+            Canvas = canvas;
+        }
+
         internal virtual void CreateProxy(Func<Element?, Element?> create)
         {
             

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/IContentDirectionAware.cs

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
-{
-    internal interface IContentDirectionAware
-    {
-        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
-    }
-}

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/IVisual.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
+{
+    internal interface IVisual
+    {
+        public bool IsRendered { get; set; }
+        public bool RepeatContent { get; set; }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/TextDirection.cs

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
-{
-    internal enum TextDirection
-    {
-        Auto,
-        LeftToRight,
-        RightToLeft
-    }
-}

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/TextStyle.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
         internal bool? HasStrikethrough { get; set; }
         internal bool? HasUnderline { get; set; }
         internal bool? WrapAnywhere { get; set; }
-        internal TextDirection? Direction { get; set; }
 
         internal TextStyle? Fallback { get; set; }
 
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
             HasStrikethrough = false,
             HasUnderline = false,
             WrapAnywhere = false,
-            Direction = TextDirection.Auto,
             Fallback = null
         };
 

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/TextStyleManager.cs

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
         HasStrikethrough,
         HasUnderline,
         WrapAnywhere,
-        Fallback,
-        Direction
+        Fallback
     }
     
     internal static class TextStyleManager
@@ -193,19 +192,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
                 
                 return origin with { Fallback = castedValue };
             }
-            
-            if (property == TextStyleProperty.Direction)
-            {
-                if (!overrideValue && origin.Direction != null)
-                    return origin;
-
-                var castedValue = (TextDirection?)value;
-                
-                if (origin.Direction == castedValue)
-                    return origin;
-                
-                return origin with { Direction = castedValue };
-            }
 
             throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(property), property, "Expected to mutate the TextStyle object. Provided property type is not supported.");
         }
@@ -252,7 +238,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
             result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.HasStrikethrough, parent.HasStrikethrough, overrideStyle);
             result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.HasUnderline, parent.HasUnderline, overrideStyle);
             result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.WrapAnywhere, parent.WrapAnywhere, overrideStyle);
-            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.Direction, parent.Direction, overrideStyle);
             
             if (applyFallback)
                 result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.Fallback, parent.Fallback, overrideStyle);

QuestPDF/Previewer/PreviewerService.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
         public  event Action? OnPreviewerStopped;
 
         private const int RequiredPreviewerVersionMajor = 2022;
-        private const int RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor = 11;
+        private const int RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor = 9;
         
         public PreviewerService(int port)
         {

QuestPDF/QuestPDF.csproj

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <Authors>MarcinZiabek</Authors>
         <Company>CodeFlint</Company>
         <PackageId>QuestPDF</PackageId>
-        <Version>2022.11.0</Version>
+        <Version>2022.9.1</Version>
         <PackageDescription>QuestPDF is an open-source, modern and battle-tested library that can help you with generating PDF documents by offering friendly, discoverable and predictable C# fluent API.</PackageDescription>
         <PackageReleaseNotes>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/Resources/ReleaseNotes.txt"))</PackageReleaseNotes>
         <LangVersion>9</LangVersion>

QuestPDF/Resources/Description.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Install-Package QuestPDF
 dotnet add package QuestPDF
 
 // Package reference in .csproj file
-<PackageReference Include="QuestPDF" Version="2022.11.0" />
+<PackageReference Include="QuestPDF" Version="2022.3.0" />
 ```
 
 ## Documentation

QuestPDF/Resources/ReleaseNotes.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-Added support for the right-to-left content direction.
-Fixed: word-wrapping algorithm does not work correctly with right-to-left languages.
-Fixed: Page.Size() API incorrectly uses Unit.Inch as default unit. Replaced with Unit.Point for consistency.
+2022.9.0
+- Implemented font-fallback algorithm,
+- Introduced new Settings API,
+- Significantly reduced memory allocation cost for TextStyle objects,
+- Implemented optional checking if all font glyphs are available,
+- Minor text-rendering optimizations.
+
+2022.9.1
+- Fixed: text hyperlinks do not work when the CheckIfAllTextGlyphsAreAvailable option or text fallback are used,
+- Fixed: cells with RowSpan (greater than 1) are not always displayed properly,
+- Improved predictability of the Inlined element when measuring its children.

readme.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Choosing a project dependency could be difficult. We need to ensure stability an
 
 ⭐ Please give this repository a star. It takes seconds and help thousands of developers! ⭐
 
-<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9263853/200136456-95b7a1e2-0b7e-4779-9071-9d4f2ef50745.png" width="709" />
+<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9263853/190931857-8ca52ec8-cc7d-4d12-9467-4442b3342fa1.png" width="700" />
 
 
 ## Please share with the community
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Install-Package QuestPDF
 dotnet add package QuestPDF
 
 // Package reference in .csproj file
-<PackageReference Include="QuestPDF" Version="2022.11.0" />
+<PackageReference Include="QuestPDF" Version="2022.9.0" />
 ```
 
 [![Nuget version](https://img.shields.io/badge/package%20details-QuestPDF-blue?logo=nuget)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)