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.github/workflows/dotnet-desktop.yml

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+name: Build And Create Nuget Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '3 0 * * 0'
+
+jobs:
+  main:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.environment }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        environment:
+          - macos-latest
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - windows-latest
+    env:
+      DOTNET_NOLOGO: 1
+      DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
+      NUGET_PACKAGES: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nuget/packages
+      UNIT_TEST_PROJECT: QuestPDF.UnitTests/QuestPDF.UnitTests.csproj
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 📝 Fetch Sources 📝
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: ⚙ Setup .NET 6.0 SDK ⚙
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
+
+      - name: 🔄 Restore Nuget Packages 🔄
+        shell: bash
+        run: dotnet restore
+
+      - name: 🛠 Build Solution 🛠
+        shell: bash
+        run: dotnet build -c Release --no-restore
+        
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Build Package
+          path: |
+            **/*.nupkg
+            **/*.snupkg
+            !.nuget

QuestPDF.Examples/AlignmentExamples.cs

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+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class AlignmentExamples
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void Example()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(400, 200)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .Border(1)
+                        .AlignBottom()
+                        .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten1)
+                        .Text("Test");
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/ContentDirectionExamples.cs

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+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/DefaultTextStyleExamples.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Drawing;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                                         .Height(50)
                                         .AlignCenter()
                                         .AlignMiddle()
-                                        .Text(i)
+                                        .Text(i.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
                                         .FontSize(16 + i / 4);   
                                 }
                             });

QuestPDF.Examples/DynamicFibonacci.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public struct FibonacciHeaderState
+    {
+        public int Previous { get; set; }
+        public int Current { get; set; }
+    }
+    
+    public class FibonacciHeader : IDynamicComponent<FibonacciHeaderState>
+    {
+        public FibonacciHeaderState State { get; set; }
+        
+        public static readonly string[] ColorsTable =
+        {
+            Colors.Red.Lighten2,
+            Colors.Orange.Lighten2,
+            Colors.Green.Lighten2,
+        };
+
+        public FibonacciHeader(int previous, int current)
+        {
+            State = new FibonacciHeaderState
+            {
+                Previous = previous,
+                Current = current
+            };
+        }
+
+        public DynamicComponentComposeResult Compose(DynamicContext context)
+        {
+            var content = context.CreateElement(container =>
+            {
+                var colorIndex = State.Current % ColorsTable.Length;
+                var color = ColorsTable[colorIndex];
+
+                var ratio = (float)State.Current / State.Previous;
+                
+                container
+                    .Background(color)
+                    .Height(50)
+                    .AlignMiddle()
+                    .AlignCenter()
+                    .Text($"{State.Current} / {State.Previous} = {ratio:N5}");
+            });
+
+            State = new FibonacciHeaderState
+            {
+                Previous = State.Current,
+                Current = State.Previous + State.Current
+            };
+            
+            return new DynamicComponentComposeResult
+            {
+                Content = content,
+                HasMoreContent = false
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static class DynamicFibonacci
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public static void Dynamic()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .MaxPages(100)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .RenderDocument(container =>
+                {
+                    container.Page(page =>
+                    {
+                        page.Size(PageSizes.A6);
+                        page.PageColor(Colors.White);
+                        page.Margin(1, Unit.Centimetre);
+                        page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(18));
+
+                        page.Header().Dynamic(new FibonacciHeader(17, 19));
+                        
+                        page.Content().Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(0, 50))
+                                column.Item().PaddingTop(25).Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2).Height(50);
+                        });
+                        
+                        page.Footer().AlignCenter().Text(text =>
+                        {
+                            text.CurrentPageNumber();
+                            text.Span(" / ");
+                            text.TotalPages();
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/DynamicOptimizedExample.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using QuestPDF.Elements;
@@ -21,12 +22,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
         public int ShownItemsCount { get; set; }
     }
     
-    public class OrdersTable : IDynamicComponent<OrdersTableState>
+    public class OptimizedOrdersTable : IDynamicComponent<OrdersTableState>
     {
         private ICollection<OrderItem> Items { get; }
         public OrdersTableState State { get; set; }
 
-        public OrdersTable(ICollection<OrderItem> items)
+        public OptimizedOrdersTable(ICollection<OrderItem> items)
         {
             Items = items;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
             return new DynamicComponentComposeResult
             {
                 Content = content,
-                HasMoreContent = State.ShownItemsCount + rows.Count < Items.Count
+                HasMoreContent = State.ShownItemsCount < Items.Count
             };
         }
 
@@ -126,9 +127,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         .Padding(5)
                         .Row(row =>
                         {
-                            row.ConstantItem(30).Text(index + 1);
+                            row.ConstantItem(30).Text((index + 1).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                             row.RelativeItem().Text(item.ItemName);
-                            row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text(item.Count);
+                            row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text(item.Count.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                             row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text($"{item.Price}$");
                             row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text($"{item.Count*item.Price}$");
                         });
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
         }
     }
     
-    public static class DynamicExamples
+    public static class DynamicOptimizedExamples
     {
         [Test]
         public static void Dynamic()
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                             
                             decoration
                                 .Content()
-                                .Dynamic(new OrdersTable(items));
+                                .Dynamic(new OptimizedOrdersTable(items));
                         });
                 });
         }

QuestPDF.Examples/DynamicPageNumberLeftRight.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class FooterWithAlternatingAlignment : IDynamicComponent<int>
+    {
+        public int State { get; set; }
+        
+        public DynamicComponentComposeResult Compose(DynamicContext context)
+        {
+            var content = context.CreateElement(element =>
+            {
+                element
+                    .Element(x => context.PageNumber % 2 == 0 ? x.AlignLeft() : x.AlignRight())
+                    .Text(x =>
+                    {
+                        x.CurrentPageNumber();
+                        x.Span(" / ");
+                        x.TotalPages();
+                    });
+            });
+            
+            return new DynamicComponentComposeResult()
+            {
+                Content = content,
+                HasMoreContent = false
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static class DynamicPageNumberLeftRightExamples
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public static void Dynamic()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(PageSizes.A5)
+                .MaxPages(100)
+                .ShowResults()
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .RenderDocument(container =>
+                {
+                    container.Page(page =>
+                    {
+                        page.Size(PageSizes.A6);
+                        page.PageColor(Colors.White);
+                        page.Margin(1, Unit.Centimetre);
+                        page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(18));
+
+                        page.Content().Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(0, 50))
+                                column.Item().PaddingTop(25).Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2).Height(50);
+                        });
+                        
+                        page.Footer().Dynamic(new FooterWithAlternatingAlignment());
+                    });
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/DynamicProgressHeader.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class ProgressHeader : IDynamicComponent<int>
+    {
+        public int State { get; set; }
+        
+        public DynamicComponentComposeResult Compose(DynamicContext context)
+        {
+            var content = context.CreateElement(container =>
+            {
+                var width = context.AvailableSize.Width * context.PageNumber / context.TotalPages;
+                
+                container
+                    .Background(Colors.Blue.Lighten2)
+                    .Height(25)
+                    .Width(width)
+                    .Background(Colors.Blue.Darken1);
+            });
+
+            return new DynamicComponentComposeResult
+            {
+                Content = content,
+                HasMoreContent = false
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static class DynamicProgressHeader
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public static void Dynamic()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .MaxPages(100)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .RenderDocument(container =>
+                {
+                    container.Page(page =>
+                    {
+                        page.Size(PageSizes.A6);
+                        page.Margin(1, Unit.Centimetre);
+                        page.PageColor(Colors.White);
+                        page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(20));
+
+                        page.Header().Dynamic(new ProgressHeader());
+                        
+                        page.Content().Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(0, 100))
+                                column.Item().PaddingTop(25).Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2).Height(50);
+                        });
+
+                        page.Footer().AlignCenter().Text(text =>
+                        {
+                            text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(20));
+                            
+                            text.CurrentPageNumber();
+                            text.Span(" / ");
+                            text.TotalPages();
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/DynamicSimpleTableExample.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class OrdersTable : IDynamicComponent<OrdersTableState>
+    {
+        private IList<OrderItem> Items { get; }
+        public OrdersTableState State { get; set; }
+
+        public OrdersTable(IList<OrderItem> items)
+        {
+            Items = items;
+
+            State = new OrdersTableState
+            {
+                ShownItemsCount = 0
+            };
+        }
+        
+        public DynamicComponentComposeResult Compose(DynamicContext context)
+        {
+            var possibleItems = Enumerable
+                .Range(1, Items.Count - State.ShownItemsCount)
+                .Select(itemsToDisplay => ComposeContent(context, itemsToDisplay))
+                .TakeWhile(x => x.Size.Height <= context.AvailableSize.Height)
+                .ToList();
+
+            State = new OrdersTableState
+            {
+                ShownItemsCount = State.ShownItemsCount + possibleItems.Count
+            };
+
+            return new DynamicComponentComposeResult
+            {
+                Content = possibleItems.Last(),
+                HasMoreContent = State.ShownItemsCount < Items.Count
+            };
+        }
+
+        private IDynamicElement ComposeContent(DynamicContext context, int itemsToDisplay)
+        {
+            var total = Items.Skip(State.ShownItemsCount).Take(itemsToDisplay).Sum(x => x.Count * x.Price);
+
+            return context.CreateElement(container =>
+            {
+                container
+                    .MinimalBox()
+                    .Width(context.AvailableSize.Width)
+                    .Table(table =>
+                    {
+                        table.ColumnsDefinition(columns =>
+                        {
+                            columns.ConstantColumn(30);
+                            columns.RelativeColumn();
+                            columns.ConstantColumn(50);
+                            columns.ConstantColumn(50);
+                            columns.ConstantColumn(50);
+                        });
+                        
+                        table.Header(header =>
+                        {
+                            header.Cell().Element(Style).Text("#");
+                            header.Cell().Element(Style).Text("Item name");
+                            header.Cell().Element(Style).AlignRight().Text("Count");
+                            header.Cell().Element(Style).AlignRight().Text("Price");
+                            header.Cell().Element(Style).AlignRight().Text("Total");
+
+                            IContainer Style(IContainer container)
+                            {
+                                return container
+                                    .DefaultTextStyle(x => x.SemiBold())
+                                    .BorderBottom(1)
+                                    .BorderColor(Colors.Grey.Darken2)
+                                    .Padding(5);
+                            }
+                        });
+                        
+                        table.Footer(footer =>
+                        {
+                            footer
+                                .Cell().ColumnSpan(5)
+                                .AlignRight()
+                                .PaddingTop(10)
+                                .Text($"Subtotal: {total}$", TextStyle.Default.Bold());
+                        });
+                        
+                        foreach (var index in Enumerable.Range(State.ShownItemsCount, itemsToDisplay))
+                        {
+                            var item = Items[index];
+                                
+                            table.Cell().Element(Style).Text((index + 1).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                            table.Cell().Element(Style).Text(item.ItemName);
+                            table.Cell().Element(Style).AlignRight().Text(item.Count.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                            table.Cell().Element(Style).AlignRight().Text($"{item.Price}$");
+                            table.Cell().Element(Style).AlignRight().Text($"{item.Count*item.Price}$");
+
+                            IContainer Style(IContainer container)
+                            {
+                                return container
+                                    .BorderBottom(1)
+                                    .BorderColor(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
+                                    .Padding(5);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static class DynamicSimpleTableExample
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public static void Dynamic()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(PageSizes.A5)
+                .ShowResults()
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    var items = Enumerable.Range(0, 15).Select(x => new OrderItem()).ToList();
+                    
+                    container
+                        .Background(Colors.White)
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(16))
+                        .Decoration(decoration =>
+                        {
+                            decoration
+                                .Header()
+                                .PaddingBottom(5)
+                                .Text(text =>
+                                {
+                                    text.DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle.Default.SemiBold().FontColor(Colors.Blue.Darken2));
+                                    text.Span("Page ");
+                                    text.CurrentPageNumber();
+                                    text.Span(" / ");
+                                    text.TotalPages();
+                                });
+                            
+                            decoration
+                                .Content()
+                                .Dynamic(new OrdersTable(items));
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/GenerationBenchmark.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class ProcessRunningTime
+    {
+        public TimeSpan FluentTime { get; set; }
+        public TimeSpan GenerationTime { get; set; }
+        public float Size { get; set; }
+    }
+    
+    public class GenerationBenchmark
+    {
+        public const int TestSize = 4096;
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void BenchmarkAsync()
+        {
+            RunTest(() => Enumerable
+                .Range(0, TestSize)
+                .AsParallel() // difference
+                .Select(GenerateAndCollect)
+                .ToList());
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void BenchmarkSync()
+        {
+            RunTest(() => Enumerable
+                .Range(0, TestSize)
+                .Select(GenerateAndCollect)
+                .ToList());
+        }
+
+        public void RunTest(Func<IEnumerable<ProcessRunningTime>> handler)
+        {
+            var totalFluentTime = TimeSpan.Zero;
+            var totalGenerationTime = TimeSpan.Zero;
+
+            var stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
+            
+            stopWatch.Start();
+            var results = handler();
+            stopWatch.Stop();
+            
+            foreach (var result in results)
+            {
+                totalFluentTime += result.FluentTime;
+                totalGenerationTime += result.GenerationTime;
+            }
+
+            Console.WriteLine($"Fluent: {totalFluentTime:g}");
+            Console.WriteLine($"Generation: {totalGenerationTime:g}");
+            Console.WriteLine($"Total: {stopWatch.Elapsed:g}");
+        }
+        
+        static ProcessRunningTime GenerateAndCollect(int attemptNumber)
+        {
+            var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
+            stopwatch.Start();
+            
+            var container = new Container();
+            
+            container
+                .Padding(10)
+                .MinimalBox()
+                .Border(1)
+                .Column(column =>
+                {
+                    column.Item().Text($"Attempts {attemptNumber}");
+                    
+                    const int numberOfRows = 100;
+                    const int numberOfColumns = 10;
+
+                    for (var y = 0; y < numberOfRows; y++)
+                    {
+                        column.Item().Row(row =>
+                        {
+                            for (var x = 0; x < numberOfColumns; x++)
+                            {
+                                row.RelativeItem()
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Lighten5)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Lighten4)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Lighten3)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Lighten2)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Lighten1)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Medium)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Darken1)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Darken2)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Darken3)
+                                    .Padding(3)
+                                    
+                                    .Background(Colors.Red.Darken4)
+                                    .Height(3);
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }  
+                });
+
+            var fluentTime = stopwatch.Elapsed;
+            
+            stopwatch.Reset();
+            stopwatch.Start();
+
+            var size = Document
+                .Create(x => x.Page(page => page.Content().Element(container)))
+                .GeneratePdf()
+                .Length;
+
+            var generationTime = stopwatch.Elapsed;
+            
+            return new ProcessRunningTime
+            {
+                FluentTime = fluentTime,
+                GenerationTime = generationTime,
+                Size = size
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/GridBenchmark.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class GridBenchmark
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void Benchmark()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ProducePdf()
+                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
+                .ShowResults()
+                .MaxPages(10_000)
+                .EnableCaching(true)
+                .EnableDebugging(false)
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(10)
+                        .MinimalBox()
+                        .Border(1)
+                        .Grid(grid =>
+                        {
+                            const int numberOfRows = 100_000;
+                            const int numberOfColumns = 10;
+                            
+                            grid.Columns(numberOfColumns);
+                            
+                            foreach (var row in Enumerable.Range(0, numberOfRows))
+                            foreach (var column in Enumerable.Range(0, numberOfColumns))
+                                grid.Item().Background(Placeholders.BackgroundColor()).Padding(5).Text($"{row}_{column}");
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Examples/ImageExamples.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
 using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
@@ -34,6 +35,21 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                 });
         }
         
+        [Test]
+        public void DynamicImage()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(450, 350)
+                .ProducePdf()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(page =>
+                {
+                    page.Padding(25)
+                        .Image(Placeholders.Image);
+                });
+        }
+        
         [Test]
         public void Exception()
         {
@@ -47,5 +63,43 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                     .Render(page => page.Image("non_existent.png"));
             });
         }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void ReusingTheSameImageFileShouldBePossible()
+        {
+            var fileName = Path.GetTempFileName() + ".jpg";
+            
+            try
+            {
+                var image = Placeholders.Image(300, 100);
+                
+                using var file = File.Create(fileName);
+                file.Write(image);
+                file.Dispose();
+                
+                RenderingTest
+                    .Create()
+                    .ProducePdf()
+                    .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
+                    .ShowResults()
+                    .Render(container =>
+                    {
+                        container
+                            .Padding(20)
+                            .Column(column =>
+                            {
+                                column.Spacing(20);
+                                
+                                column.Item().Image(fileName);
+                                column.Item().Image(fileName);
+                                column.Item().Image(fileName);
+                            });
+                    });
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                File.Delete(fileName);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.Examples/QuestPDF.Examples.csproj

@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.2" />
         <PackageReference Include="microcharts" Version="0.9.5.9" />
-        <PackageReference Include="nunit" Version="3.13.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.4.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.3" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Svg.Skia" Version="0.5.10" />
+        <PackageReference Include="nunit" Version="3.13.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.3.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.4.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Svg.Skia" Version="0.5.18" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

QuestPDF.Examples/RowExamples.cs

@@ -105,5 +105,41 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         .Row(row => { });
                 });
         }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void RowElementForRelativeHeightDivision()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .MaxPages(100)
+                .PageSize(250, 400)
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .AlignLeft()
+                        .RotateRight()
+                        .Row(row =>
+                        {
+                            row.Spacing(20);
+
+                            row.RelativeItem(1).Element(Content);
+                            row.RelativeItem(2).Element(Content);
+                            row.RelativeItem(3).Element(Content);
+
+                            void Content(IContainer container)
+                            {
+                                container
+                                    .RotateLeft()
+                                    .Border(1)
+                                    .Background(Placeholders.BackgroundColor())
+                                    .Padding(5)
+                                    .Text(Placeholders.Label());
+                            }
+                        });
+                });
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.Examples/TableExamples.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Drawing;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
@@ -389,12 +390,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                                 table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).ExtendHorizontal().AlignLeft().Text(page.name);
                                         
                                 // inches
-                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text(page.width);
-                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text(page.height);
+                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text(page.width.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text(page.height.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                                         
                                 // points
-                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text(page.width * inchesToPoints);
-                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text(page.height * inchesToPoints);
+                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text((page.width * inchesToPoints).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                                table.Cell().Element(CellStyle).Text((page.height * inchesToPoints).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                                         
                                 IContainer CellStyle(IContainer container) => DefaultCellStyle(container, Colors.White); 
                             }

QuestPDF.Examples/TextBenchmark.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
         {
             var chapters = GetBookChapters().ToList();
   
-            var results = PerformTest(16).ToList();
+            var results = PerformTest(128).ToList();
  
             Console.WriteLine($"Min: {results.Min():F}");
             Console.WriteLine($"Max: {results.Max():F}");
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
             {
                 page.Margin(50);
                 
-                page.Content().Column(column =>
+                page.Content().PaddingVertical(10).Column(column =>
                 {
                     column.Item().Element(Title);
                     column.Item().PageBreak();

QuestPDF.Examples/TextExamples.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Elements.Text;
 using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
 using QuestPDF.Fluent;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
@@ -12,11 +13,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
     public class TextExamples
     {
         [Test]
-        public void SimpleTextBlock()
+        public void SimpleText()
         {
             RenderingTest
                 .Create()
-                .PageSize(500, 300)
+                .PageSize(500, 100)
                 
                 .ProduceImages()
                 .ShowResults()
@@ -27,6 +28,27 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         .MinimalBox()
                         .Border(1)
                         .Padding(10)
+                        .Text(Placeholders.Paragraph());
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void SimpleTextBlock()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(600, 300)
+                
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(5)
+                        .MinimalBox()
+                        .Border(1)
+                        .MaxWidth(300)
+                        .Padding(10)
                         .Text(text =>
                         {
                             text.DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle.Default.FontSize(20));
@@ -38,48 +60,230 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void SuperscriptSubscript_General()
+        public void TextWeight()
         {
             RenderingTest
-               .Create()
-               .PageSize(500, 500)
-               .ProduceImages()
-               .ShowResults()
-               .Render(container =>
-               {
-                   container
-                        .Padding(5)
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(500, 500)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(20)
                         .MinimalBox()
                         .Border(1)
-                        .Padding(10)
+                        .Padding(20)
+                        .Text(text =>
+                        {
+                            text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri).FontSize(20));
+
+                            text.Line("Thin").Thin();
+                            text.Line("ExtraLight").ExtraLight();
+                            text.Line("Light").Light();
+                            text.Line("NormalWeight").NormalWeight();
+                            text.Line("Medium").Medium();
+                            text.Line("SemiBold").SemiBold();
+                            text.Line("Bold").Bold();
+                            text.Line("ExtraBold").ExtraBold();
+                            text.Line("Black").Black();
+                            text.Line("ExtraBlack").ExtraBlack();
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void LineHeight()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(500, 700)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(20)
+                        .Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            var lineHeights = new[] { 0.8f, 1f, 1.5f };
+                            var paragraph = Placeholders.Paragraph();
+
+                            foreach (var lineHeight in lineHeights)
+                            {
+                                column
+                                    .Item()
+                                    .Border(1)
+                                    .Padding(10)
+                                    .Text(paragraph)
+                                    .FontSize(16)
+                                    .LineHeight(lineHeight);
+                            }
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void LetterSpacing()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(500, 700)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(20)
+                        .Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            var letterSpacing = new[] { -0.1f, 0f, 0.2f };
+                            var paragraph = Placeholders.Sentence().ToUpper();
+
+                            foreach (var spacing in letterSpacing)
+                            {
+                                column
+                                    .Item()
+                                    .Border(1)
+                                    .Padding(10)
+                                    .Column(nestedColumn =>
+                                    {
+                                        nestedColumn.Item()
+                                                    .Text(paragraph)
+                                                    .FontSize(16)
+                                                    .LetterSpacing(spacing);
+
+                                        nestedColumn.Item()
+                                                    .Text($"Letter spacing of {spacing} em")
+                                                    .FontSize(10)
+                                                    .Italic()
+                                                    .FontColor(Colors.Blue.Medium);
+                                    });
+                                
+                            }
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void LetterSpacing_Arabic()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(500, 700)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(50)
+                        .Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            var letterSpacing = new[] { -0.1f, 0f, 0.2f };
+                            var paragraph = "ينا الألم. في بعض الأحيان ونظراً للالتزامات التي يفرضها علينا";
+                            foreach (var spacing in letterSpacing)
+                            {
+                                column
+                                   .Item()
+                                   .Border(1)
+                                   .Padding(10)
+                                   .Column(nestedColumn =>
+                                   {
+                                       nestedColumn.Item()
+                                                   .Text(paragraph)
+                                                   .FontSize(16)
+                                                   .FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri)
+                                                   .LetterSpacing(spacing);
+
+                                       nestedColumn.Item()
+                                                   .Text($"Letter spacing of {spacing} em")
+                                                   .FontSize(10)
+                                                   .Italic()
+                                                   .FontColor(Colors.Blue.Medium);
+                                   });
+                            }
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+
+
+        [Test]
+        public void LetterSpacing_Unicode()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(500, 700)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(50)
+                        .Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            var letterSpacing = new[] { 0f, 0.5f };
+                            
+                            
+                            
+                            var paragraph = "Ţ̴̡̧̤̮̺̤̗͎̱̹͙͎͖͂̿̓́̉̊̀̍͜h̵̞̘͇̾̎̏̅į̵̹̖͔͉̰̎̉̄̐̏͑͂̅̃̃͘͝s̷͓͉̭̭̯̬̥̻̰̩̦̑̀̀͌́̒̍̒̌̇͛̀͛́̎ ̷̡̡̟͕̳̺̝̼͇͔̬̟̖͍̈́̽͜͝͝i̶͔͚̟̊̐͛́͛̄̌ṡ̸̡̤̪͙͍̥͙̟̼̝̰̥͈̿̓̄̿̓͠ ̶̢̦̙͍̯̖̱̰̯͕͔͎̯̝̎͑t̸͖̲̱̼̎͐̎̉̾̎̾̌̅̔̏͘ȩ̶̝̫̙͓̙̣̔̀̌̔̋̂̑̈́̏̀̈͘̕͜͝s̸̫̝̮̻̼͐̅̄̎̎̑͝ț̷̨̢̨̻͈̮̞̆͗̓͊̃̌͂̑̉̕̕͜͝͝";
+
+                            
+                            
+                            foreach (var spacing in letterSpacing)
+                            {
+                                column.Item()
+                                      .Text($"Letter spacing of {spacing} em")
+                                      .FontSize(10)
+                                      .Italic()
+                                      .FontColor(Colors.Blue.Medium);
+
+                                column.Item()
+                                      .PaddingVertical(50)
+                                      .Text(paragraph)
+                                      .FontSize(16)
+                                      .FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri)
+                                      .LetterSpacing(spacing);
+                            }
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SuperscriptSubscript_Simple()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(500, 500)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(20)
+                        .MinimalBox()
+                        .Border(1)
+                        .Padding(20)
                         .Text(text =>
                         {
                             text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(20));
-                            text.ParagraphSpacing(2);
-                            
-                            
-                            text.Span("In physics, mass–energy equivalence is the relationship between mass and energy in a system's rest frame, where the two values differ only by a constant and the units of measurement.");
-                            text.Span("[1][2]").Superscript();
-                            text.Span(" The principle is described by the physicist Albert Einstein's famous formula: E = mc");
-                            text.Span("2").Superscript();
-                            text.Span(". ");
-                            text.Span("[3]").Superscript();
-                            
-                            text.EmptyLine();
-                            
-                            text.Span("H");
-                            text.Span("2").Subscript();
-                            text.Span("O is the chemical formula for water, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms.");
+                            text.ParagraphSpacing(10);
+
+                            var highlight = TextStyle.Default.BackgroundColor(Colors.Green.Lighten3);
+
+                            text.Span("E=mc").Style(highlight);
+                            text.Span("2").Superscript().Style(highlight);
+                            text.Span(" is the equation of mass–energy equivalence.");
 
                             text.EmptyLine();
-
-                            text.Span("H");
-                            text.Span("2").Subscript();
-                            text.Span("O");
+                            
+                            text.Span("H").Style(highlight);
+                            text.Span("2").Subscript().Style(highlight);
+                            text.Span("O").Style(highlight);
+                            text.Span(" is the chemical formula for water.");
                         });
-               });
+                });
         }
-        
+
         [Test]
         public void SuperscriptSubscript_Effects()
         {
@@ -134,7 +338,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
         {
             RenderingTest
                 .Create()
-                .PageSize(500, 300)
+                .PageSize(500, 500)
                 .ProduceImages()
                 .ShowResults()
                 .Render(container =>
@@ -146,13 +350,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         .Padding(10)
                         .Text(text =>
                         {
-                            text.ParagraphSpacing(10);
-    
-                            foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(1, 3))
-                            {
-                                text.Span($"Paragraph {i}: ").SemiBold();
-                                text.Line(Placeholders.Paragraph());
-                            }
+                            text.Line(Placeholders.Paragraph());
                         });
                 });
         }
@@ -331,7 +529,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         .Padding(10)
                         .Text(text =>
                         {
-                            text.DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle.Default.FontSize(20));
+                            text.DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle.Default.FontSize(20).BackgroundColor(Colors.Red.Lighten4));
                             text.AlignLeft();
                             text.ParagraphSpacing(10);
 
@@ -350,7 +548,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                             {
                                 text.Line($"{i}: {Placeholders.Paragraph()}");
 
-                                text.Hyperlink("Please visit QuestPDF website", "https://www.questpdf.com");
+                                text.Hyperlink("Please visit QuestPDF website. ", "https://www.questpdf.com");
                                 
                                 text.Span("This is page number ");
                                 text.CurrentPageNumber();
@@ -450,7 +648,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
 
                         page.Content().Column(column =>
                         {
-                            column.Item().Text(null);
+                            column.Item().Text((string) null);
 
                             column.Item().Text(text =>
                             {
@@ -482,7 +680,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
 
                         page.Content().Column(column =>
                         {
-                            column.Item().Text(null);
+                            column.Item().Text((string) null);
 
                             column.Item().Text(text =>
                             {
@@ -495,5 +693,223 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                     });
                 });
         }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void TextShaping_Unicode()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(600, 100)
+                
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(35)
+                        .MinimalBox()
+                        .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
+                        .Text(text =>
+                        {
+                            text.DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle.Default.FontSize(20));
+                            
+                            text.Span("Complex Unicode structure: ");
+                            
+                            
+                            text.Span("T̶̖̔͆͆̽̔ḩ̷̼̫̐̈́̀͜͝͝ì̶͇̤͓̱̣͇͓͉̎s̵̡̟̹͍̜͉̗̾͛̈̐́͋͂͝͠ͅ ̴̨͙͍͇̭̒͗̀́͝ì̷̡̺͉̼̏̏̉̌͝s̷͍͙̗̰̖͙̈̑̂̔͑͊̌̓̊̇͜ ̶̛̼͚͊̅͘ṭ̷̨̘̣̙̖͉͌̏̂̅͑̄̽̕͝ȅ̶̲̲̙̭͈̬̣͔̝͔̈́͝s̸̢̯̪̫͓̭̮̓̀͆͜ț̸̢͉̞̥̤̏̌̓͝").FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri).FontColor(Colors.Red.Medium);
+                            
+                            
+                            text.Span(".");
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void TextShaping_Arabic()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(250, 100)
+                
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .MinimalBox()
+                        .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
+                        .Text("خوارزمية ترتيب")
+                        .FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri)
+                        .FontSize(30);
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void FontFallback()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .RenderDocument(container =>
+                {
+                    container.Page(page =>
+                    {
+                        page.Margin(50);
+                        page.PageColor(Colors.White);
+                        page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x
+                            .Fallback(y => y.FontFamily("Segoe UI Emoji")
+                                .Fallback(y => y.FontFamily("Microsoft YaHei"))));
+
+                        page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
+
+                        page.Content().Text(t =>
+                        {
+                            t.Line("This is normal text.");
+                            t.EmptyLine();
+                            
+                            t.Line("Following line should use font fallback:");
+                            t.Line("中文文本");
+                            t.EmptyLine();
+                            
+                            t.Line("The following line contains a mix of known and unknown characters.");
+                            t.Line("Mixed line: This 中文 is 文文 a mixed 本 本 line 本 中文文本!");
+                            t.EmptyLine();
+
+                            t.Line("Emojis work out of the box because of font fallback: 😊😅🥳👍❤😍👌");
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void WordWrappingStability()
+        {
+            // instruction: check if any characters repeat when performing the word-wrapping algorithm
+            
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(PageSizes.A4)
+                .ProducePdf()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    var text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer";
+                    
+                    container
+                        .Padding(20)
+                        .Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            column.Spacing(10);
+
+                            foreach (var width in Enumerable.Range(25, 200))
+                            {
+                                column
+                                    .Item()
+                                    .MaxWidth(width)
+                                    .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten3)
+                                    .Text(text);
+                            }
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void AdvancedLanguagesSupport()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(new PageSize(400, 400))
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    var text = "في المعلوماتية أو الرياضيات، خوارزمية الترتيب هي خوارزمية تمكن من تنظيم مجموعة عناصر حسب ترتيب محدد.";
+                    
+                    container
+                        .Padding(20)
+                        .ContentFromRightToLeft()
+                        .Text(text)
+                        .FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri)
+                        .FontSize(22);
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void WordWrappingWhenRightToLeft()
+        {
+            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.Examples/Program.cs

@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using QuestPDF.Previewer;
+using QuestPDF.ReportSample;
 using QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts;
 
 //ImagePlaceholder.Solid = true;
 
 // var model = DataSource.GetReport();
 // var report = new StandardReport(model);
-// report.ShowInPreviewer().Wait();
+// report.ShowInPreviewer();
 //
 // return;
 

QuestPDF.Previewer/CommunicationService.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Text.Json;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class CommunicationService
     {
         var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder();
         builder.Services.AddLogging(x => x.ClearProviders());
+        builder.WebHost.UseKestrel(options => options.Limits.MaxRequestBodySize = null);
         Application = builder.Build();
 
         Application.MapGet("ping", HandlePing);

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewerApp.axaml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Application x:Class="QuestPDF.Previewer.PreviewerApp"
              xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
-             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             Name="QuestPDF Document Preview">
 	<Application.Styles>
 		<FluentTheme Mode="Dark" />
 	</Application.Styles>

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewerWindowViewModel.cs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
             CommunicationService.Instance.OnDocumentRefreshed += HandleUpdatePreview;
             
             ShowPdfCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(ShowPdf);
-            ShowDocumentationCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(() => OpenLink("https://www.questpdf.com/documentation/api-reference.html"));
+            ShowDocumentationCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(() => OpenLink("https://www.questpdf.com/api-reference/index.html"));
             SponsorProjectCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(() => OpenLink("https://github.com/sponsors/QuestPDF"));
         }
 

QuestPDF.Previewer/QuestPDF.Previewer.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <Authors>MarcinZiabek</Authors>
         <Company>CodeFlint</Company>
         <PackageId>QuestPDF.Previewer</PackageId>
-        <Version>2022.5.0</Version>
+        <Version>2022.12.0</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>
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
         <PackageIcon>Logo.png</PackageIcon>
         <PackageIconUrl>https://www.questpdf.com/images/package-logo.png</PackageIconUrl>
+        <PackageReadmeFile>PackageReadme.md</PackageReadmeFile>
         <PackageProjectUrl>https://www.questpdf.com/</PackageProjectUrl>
         <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/QuestPDF/library.git</RepositoryUrl>
         <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
@@ -33,22 +34,22 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\Logo.png" />
-        <None Include="Resources\Logo.png">
-            <Pack>true</Pack>
-            <Visible>false</Visible>
-            <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
-        </None>
+        <None Include="Resources\Logo.png" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
+        <None Include="Resources\PackageReadme.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>
         <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="0.10.10" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="0.10.10" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="0.10.10" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader" Version="0.10.10" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="0.10.10" />
-        <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="17.1.50" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="0.10.18" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="0.10.18" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="0.10.18" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader" Version="0.10.18" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="0.10.18" />
+        <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="18.4.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux.NoDependencies" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Win32" Version="2.88.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.macOS" Version="2.88.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Reactive" Version="5.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
     </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

QuestPDF.Previewer/Resources/PackageReadme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+[![Dotnet](https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-.NET-blue)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)
+[![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/QuestPDF/QuestPDF)](https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF/stargazers)
+[![Nuget version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/QuestPdf)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)
+[![Nuget download](https://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/QuestPDF)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/QuestPDF/QuestPDF)](https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![Sponsor project](https://img.shields.io/badge/sponsor-project-red)](https://github.com/sponsors/QuestPDF)
+
+QuestPDF is an open-source .NET library for PDF documents generation.
+
+It offers a layout engine designed with a full paging support in mind. The document consists of many simple elements (e.g. border, background, image, text, padding, table, grid etc.) that are composed together to create more complex structures. This way, as a developer, you can understand the behavior of every element and use them with full confidence. Additionally, the document and all its elements support paging functionality. For example, an element can be moved to the next page (if there is not enough space) or even be split between pages like table's rows.
+
+## Documentation
+
+[![Getting started tutorial]( https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%9A%80%20read-getting%20started-blue)](https://www.questpdf.com/getting-started.html)
+A short and easy to follow tutorial showing how to design an invoice document under 200 lines of code.
+
+
+[![API reference](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%93%96%20read-API%20reference-blue)](https://www.questpdf.com/api-reference/index.html)
+A detailed description of behavior of all available components and how to use them with C# Fluent API.
+
+
+[![Patterns and Practices](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%94%8D%20read-patterns%20and%20practices-blue)](https://www.questpdf.com/design-patterns.html)
+Everything that may help you designing great reports and create reusable code that is easy to maintain.
+
+## Simplicity is the key
+
+How easy it is to start and prototype with QuestPDF? Really easy thanks to its minimal API! Please analyse the code below:
+
+```#
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+// code in your main method
+Document.Create(container =>
+{
+    container.Page(page =>
+    {
+        page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
+        page.Margin(2, Unit.Centimetre);
+        page.Background(Colors.White);
+        page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(20));
+        
+        page.Header()
+            .Text("Hello PDF!")
+            .SemiBold().FontSize(36).FontColor(Colors.Blue.Medium);
+        
+        page.Content()
+            .PaddingVertical(1, Unit.Centimetre)
+            .Column(x =>
+            {
+                x.Spacing(20);
+                
+                x.Item().Text(Placeholders.LoremIpsum());
+                x.Item().Image(Placeholders.Image(200, 100));
+            });
+        
+        page.Footer()
+            .AlignCenter()
+            .Text(x =>
+            {
+                x.Span("Page ");
+                x.CurrentPageNumber();
+            });
+    });
+})
+.GeneratePdf("hello.pdf");
+```
+
+And compare it to the produced PDF file:
+
+![invoice](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF-Documentation/main/docs/public/minimal-example-shadow.png)
+
+## Are you ready for more?
+
+The Fluent API of QuestPDF scales really well. It is easy to create and maintain even most complex documents. Read [the Getting started tutorial](https://www.questpdf.com/documentation/getting-started.html) to learn QuestPDF basics and implement an invoice under 200 lines of code. You can also investigate and play with the code from [the example repository](https://github.com/QuestPDF/example-invoice).
+
+![invoice](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF-Documentation/main/docs/public/invoice-small.png)

QuestPDF.ReportSample/Layouts/StandardReport.cs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts
                     row.Spacing(50);
                     
                     row.RelativeItem().PaddingTop(-10).Text(Model.Title).Style(Typography.Title);
-                    row.ConstantItem(90).ExternalLink("https://www.questpdf.com").MaxHeight(30).Component<ImagePlaceholder>();
+                    row.ConstantItem(90).Hyperlink("https://www.questpdf.com").MaxHeight(30).Component<ImagePlaceholder>();
                 });
 
                 column.Item().ShowOnce().PaddingVertical(15).Border(1f).BorderColor(Colors.Grey.Lighten1).ExtendHorizontal();
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts
                 column.Item().PageBreak();
                 
                 foreach (var section in Model.Sections)
-                    column.Item().Location(section.Title).Component(new SectionTemplate(section));
+                    column.Item().Section(section.Title).Component(new SectionTemplate(section));
                 
                 column.Item().PageBreak();
-                column.Item().Location("Photos");
+                column.Item().Section("Photos");
                 
                 foreach (var photo in Model.Photos)
                     column.Item().Component(new PhotoTemplate(photo));
             });
         }
     }
-}
+}

QuestPDF.ReportSample/Layouts/TableOfContentsTemplate.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Drawing;
 using QuestPDF.Fluent;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+using SkiaSharp;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts
 {
@@ -41,24 +42,39 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts
         private void DrawLink(IContainer container, int number, string locationName)
         {
             container
-                .InternalLink(locationName)
+                .SectionLink(locationName)
                 .Row(row =>
                 {
-                    row.ConstantItem(25).Text($"{number}.");
-                    row.RelativeItem().Text(locationName);
-                    row.ConstantItem(150).AlignRight().Text(text =>
+                    row.ConstantItem(20).Text($"{number}.");
+                    row.AutoItem().Text(locationName);
+                    
+                    row.RelativeItem().PaddingHorizontal(2).AlignBottom().TranslateY(-3).Height(1).Canvas((canvas, space) =>
+                    {
+                        // best to statically cache
+                        using var paint = new SKPaint
+                        {
+                            StrokeWidth = space.Height,
+                            PathEffect = SKPathEffect.CreateDash(new float[] { 1, 3 }, 0)
+                        };
+                        
+                        canvas.DrawLine(0, 0, space.Width, 0, paint);
+                    });
+                    
+                    row.AutoItem().Text(text =>
                     {
                         text.BeginPageNumberOfSection(locationName);
                         text.Span(" - ");
                         text.EndPageNumberOfSection(locationName);
 
-                        var lengthStyle = TextStyle.Default.Color(Colors.Grey.Medium);
+                        var lengthStyle = TextStyle.Default.FontColor(Colors.Grey.Medium);
                         
-                        text.Span(" (").Style(lengthStyle);
-                        text.TotalPagesWithinSection(locationName).Style(lengthStyle).Format(x => x == 1 ? "1 page long" : $"{x} pages long");
-                        text.Span(")").Style(lengthStyle);
+                        text.TotalPagesWithinSection(locationName).Style(lengthStyle).Format(x =>
+                        {
+                            var formatted = x == 1 ? "1 page long" : $"{x} pages long";
+                            return $" ({formatted})";
+                        });
                     });
                 });
         }
     }
-}
+}

QuestPDF.ReportSample/PerformanceTests.cs

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample
             Content = documentContainer.Compose();
 
             PageContext = new PageContext();
-            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(PageContext, new FreeCanvas(), Content, Metadata, null);
+            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(PageContext, new FreeCanvas(), Content, null);
 
             var sw = new Stopwatch();
             sw.Start();
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample
         [Benchmark]
         public void GenerationTest()
         {
-            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(PageContext, new FreeCanvas(), Content, Metadata, null);
+            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(PageContext, new FreeCanvas(), Content, null);
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.ReportSample/QuestPDF.ReportSample.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <LangVersion>8</LangVersion>
         <RootNamespace>QuestPDF.ReportSample</RootNamespace>
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="nunit" Version="3.13.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.11.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.3.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.4.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

QuestPDF.ReportSample/Tests.cs

@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample
             Report.Compose(container);
             var content = container.Compose();
             
-            var metadata = Report.GetMetadata();
             var pageContext = new PageContext();
 
-            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(pageContext, new FreeCanvas(), content, metadata, null);
-            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(pageContext, new FreeCanvas(), content, metadata, null);
+            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(pageContext, new FreeCanvas(), content, null);
+            DocumentGenerator.RenderPass(pageContext, new FreeCanvas(), content, null);
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.ReportSample/Typography.cs

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample
 {
     public static class Typography
     {
-        public static TextStyle Title => TextStyle.Default.FontType(Fonts.Calibri).Color(Colors.Blue.Darken3).Size(26).Black();
-        public static TextStyle Headline => TextStyle.Default.FontType(Fonts.Calibri).Color(Colors.Blue.Medium).Size(16).SemiBold();
-        public static TextStyle Normal => TextStyle.Default.FontType(Fonts.Verdana).Color(Colors.Black).Size(10).LineHeight(1.2f);
+        public static TextStyle Title => TextStyle.Default.FontFamily(Fonts.Lato).FontColor(Colors.Blue.Darken3).FontSize(26).Black();
+        public static TextStyle Headline => TextStyle.Default.FontFamily(Fonts.Lato).FontColor(Colors.Blue.Medium).FontSize(16).SemiBold();
+        public static TextStyle Normal => TextStyle.Default.FontFamily(Fonts.Lato).FontColor(Colors.Black).FontSize(10).LineHeight(1.2f);
     }
-}
+}

QuestPDF.UnitTests/AlignmentTests.cs

@@ -86,5 +86,43 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                 .ExpectCanvasTranslate(new Position(-300, 0))
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void Draw_HorizontalCenter_VerticalNone()
+        {
+            TestPlan
+                .For(x => new Alignment
+                {
+                    Horizontal = HorizontalAlignment.Center,
+                    Vertical = null,
+                    
+                    Child = x.CreateChild()
+                })
+                .DrawElement(new Size(400, 300))
+                .ExpectChildMeasure(expectedInput: new Size(400, 300), returns: SpacePlan.FullRender(new Size(100, 50)))
+                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(new Position(150, 0))
+                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(100, 300))
+                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(new Position(-150, 0))
+                .CheckDrawResult();
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void Draw_HorizontalNone_VerticalMiddle()
+        {
+            TestPlan
+                .For(x => new Alignment
+                {
+                    Horizontal = null,
+                    Vertical = VerticalAlignment.Middle,
+                    
+                    Child = x.CreateChild()
+                })
+                .DrawElement(new Size(400, 300))
+                .ExpectChildMeasure(expectedInput: new Size(400, 300), returns: SpacePlan.FullRender(new Size(100, 50)))
+                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(new Position(0, 125))
+                .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(400, 50))
+                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(new Position(0, -125))
+                .CheckDrawResult();
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.UnitTests/AspectRatioTests.cs

@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests
                     Ratio = 2f
                 })
                 .DrawElement(new Size(500, 200))
+                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .ExpectChildDraw(new Size(400, 200))
+                .ExpectCanvasTranslate(0, 0)
                 .CheckDrawResult();
         }
         
@@ -168,7 +170,45 @@ 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

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ 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();
         }
         
@@ -49,7 +51,43 @@ 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/QuestPDF.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.1.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.8.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="nunit" Version="3.13.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.7.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.3.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.4.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

QuestPDF.UnitTests/TestEngine/MockCanvas.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
         public Action<float> RotateFunc { get; set; }
         public Action<float, float> ScaleFunc { get; set; }
         public Action<SKImage, Position, Size> DrawImageFunc { get; set; }
-        public Action<string, Position, TextStyle> DrawTextFunc { get; set; }
         public Action<Position, Size, string> DrawRectFunc { get; set; }
 
         public void Translate(Position vector) => TranslateFunc(vector);
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
         public void Scale(float scaleX, float scaleY) => ScaleFunc(scaleX, scaleY);
 
         public void DrawRectangle(Position vector, Size size, string color) => DrawRectFunc(vector, size, color);
-        public void DrawText(string text, Position position, TextStyle style) => DrawTextFunc(text, position, style);
+        public void DrawText(SKTextBlob skTextBlob, Position position, TextStyle style) => throw new NotImplementedException();
         public void DrawImage(SKImage image, Position position, Size size) => DrawImageFunc(image, position, size);
 
         public void DrawHyperlink(string url, Size size) => throw new NotImplementedException();

QuestPDF.UnitTests/TestEngine/OperationRecordingCanvas.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine.Operations;
 using SkiaSharp;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
         public void Scale(float scaleX, float scaleY) => Operations.Add(new CanvasScaleOperation(scaleX, scaleY));
 
         public void DrawRectangle(Position vector, Size size, string color) => Operations.Add(new CanvasDrawRectangleOperation(vector, size, color));
-        public void DrawText(string text, Position position, TextStyle style) => Operations.Add(new CanvasDrawTextOperation(text, position, style));
+        public void DrawText(SKTextBlob skTextBlob, Position position, TextStyle style) => throw new NotImplementedException();
         public void DrawImage(SKImage image, Position position, Size size) => Operations.Add(new CanvasDrawImageOperation(position, size));
         
         public void DrawHyperlink(string url, Size size) => throw new NotImplementedException();

QuestPDF.UnitTests/TestEngine/TestPlan.cs

@@ -82,19 +82,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
                     
                     Assert.AreEqual(expected.Color, color, "Draw rectangle: color");
                 },
-                DrawTextFunc = (text, position, style) => 
-                {
-                    var expected = GetExpected<CanvasDrawTextOperation>();
-                    
-                    Assert.AreEqual(expected.Text, text);
-                    
-                    Assert.AreEqual(expected.Position.X, position.X, "Draw text: X");
-                    Assert.AreEqual(expected.Position.Y, position.Y, "Draw text: Y");
-                    
-                    Assert.AreEqual(expected.Style.Color, style.Color, "Draw text: color");
-                    Assert.AreEqual(expected.Style.FontFamily, style.FontFamily, "Draw text: font");
-                    Assert.AreEqual(expected.Style.Size, style.Size, "Draw text: size");
-                },
                 DrawImageFunc = (image, position, size) =>
                 {
                     var expected = GetExpected<CanvasDrawImageOperation>();
@@ -201,11 +188,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
             return AddOperation(new CanvasDrawRectangleOperation(position, size, color));
         }
         
-        public TestPlan ExpectCanvasDrawText(string text, Position position, TextStyle style)
-        {
-            return AddOperation(new CanvasDrawTextOperation(text, position, style));
-        }
-        
         public TestPlan ExpectCanvasDrawImage(Position position, Size size)
         {
             return AddOperation(new CanvasDrawImageOperation(position, size));
@@ -213,7 +195,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
         
         public TestPlan CheckMeasureResult(SpacePlan expected)
         {
-            Element.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(null, Canvas));
+            Element.InjectDependencies(null, Canvas);
             
             var actual = Element.Measure(OperationInput);
             
@@ -228,7 +210,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
         
         public TestPlan CheckDrawResult()
         {
-            Element.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(null, Canvas));
+            Element.InjectDependencies(null, Canvas);
             Element.Draw(OperationInput);
             return this;
         }
@@ -271,10 +253,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
             availableSpace ??= new Size(400, 300);
             
             var canvas = new FreeCanvas();
-            value.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, canvas));
+            value.InjectDependencies(null, canvas);
             var valueMeasure = value.Measure(availableSpace.Value);
             
-            expected.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, canvas));
+            expected.InjectDependencies(null, canvas);
             var expectedMeasure = expected.Measure(availableSpace.Value);
             
             valueMeasure.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedMeasure);
@@ -285,11 +267,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.UnitTests.TestEngine
             availableSpace ??= new Size(400, 300);
             
             var valueCanvas = new OperationRecordingCanvas();
-            value.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, valueCanvas));
+            value.InjectDependencies(null, valueCanvas);
             value.Draw(availableSpace.Value);
             
             var expectedCanvas = new OperationRecordingCanvas();
-            expected.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(null, expectedCanvas));
+            expected.InjectDependencies(null, expectedCanvas);
             expected.Draw(availableSpace.Value);
             
             valueCanvas.Operations.Should().BeEquivalentTo(expectedCanvas.Operations);

QuestPDF.UnitTests/UnconstrainedTests.cs

@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ 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();
         }
         
@@ -91,7 +93,43 @@ 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

@@ -65,23 +65,22 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             document.Compose(container);
             var content = container.Compose();
             ApplyDefaultTextStyle(content, TextStyle.LibraryDefault);
+            ApplyContentDirection(content, ContentDirection.LeftToRight);
             
-            var metadata = document.GetMetadata();
-            var pageContext = new PageContext();
-
-            var debuggingState = metadata.ApplyDebugging ? ApplyDebugging(content) : null;
+            var debuggingState = Settings.EnableDebugging ? ApplyDebugging(content) : null;
             
-            if (metadata.ApplyCaching)
+            if (Settings.EnableCaching)
                 ApplyCaching(content);
 
-            RenderPass(pageContext, new FreeCanvas(), content, metadata, debuggingState);
-            RenderPass(pageContext, canvas, content, metadata, debuggingState);
+            var pageContext = new PageContext();
+            RenderPass(pageContext, new FreeCanvas(), content, debuggingState);
+            RenderPass(pageContext, canvas, content, debuggingState);
         }
         
-        internal static void RenderPass<TCanvas>(PageContext pageContext, TCanvas canvas, Container content, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata, DebuggingState? debuggingState)
+        internal static void RenderPass<TCanvas>(PageContext pageContext, TCanvas canvas, Container content, DebuggingState? debuggingState)
             where TCanvas : ICanvas, IRenderingCanvas
         {
-            content.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(pageContext, canvas));
+            InjectDependencies(content, pageContext, canvas);
             content.VisitChildren(x => (x as IStateResettable)?.ResetState());
             
             canvas.BeginDocument();
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 
                 canvas.EndPage();
 
-                if (currentPage >= documentMetadata.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold)
+                if (currentPage >= Settings.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold)
                 {
                     canvas.EndDocument();
                     ThrowLayoutException();
@@ -131,18 +130,29 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             void ThrowLayoutException()
             {
                 var message = $"Composed layout generates infinite document. This may happen in two cases. " +
-                              $"1) Your document and its layout configuration is correct but the content takes more than {documentMetadata.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold} pages. " +
-                              $"In this case, please increase the value {nameof(DocumentMetadata)}.{nameof(DocumentMetadata.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold)} property configured in the {nameof(IDocument.GetMetadata)} method. " +
+                              $"1) Your document and its layout configuration is correct but the content takes more than {Settings.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold} pages. " +
+                              $"In this case, please increase the value {nameof(QuestPDF)}.{nameof(Settings)}.{nameof(Settings.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold)} static property. " +
                               $"2) The layout configuration of your document is invalid. Some of the elements require more space than is provided." +
                               $"Please analyze your documents structure to detect this element and fix its size constraints.";
-                
-                throw new DocumentLayoutException(message)
-                {
-                    ElementTrace = debuggingState?.BuildTrace() ?? "Debug trace is available only in the DEBUG mode."
-                };
+
+                var elementTrace = debuggingState?.BuildTrace() ?? "Debug trace is available only in the DEBUG mode.";
+
+                throw new DocumentLayoutException(message, elementTrace);
             }
         }
 
+        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 =>
@@ -163,6 +173,24 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 
             return debuggingState;
         }
+        
+        internal static void ApplyContentDirection(this Element? content, ContentDirection direction)
+        {
+            if (content == null)
+                return;
+
+            if (content is ContentDirectionSetter contentDirectionSetter)
+            {
+                ApplyContentDirection(contentDirectionSetter.Child, contentDirectionSetter.ContentDirection);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (content is IContentDirectionAware contentDirectionAware)
+                contentDirectionAware.ContentDirection = direction;
+            
+            foreach (var child in content.GetChildren())
+                ApplyContentDirection(child, direction);
+        }
 
         internal static void ApplyDefaultTextStyle(this Element? content, TextStyle documentDefaultTextStyle)
         {
@@ -175,7 +203,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
                 {
                     if (textBlockItem is TextBlockSpan textSpan)
                     {
-                        textSpan.Style.ApplyGlobalStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
+                        textSpan.Style = textSpan.Style.ApplyGlobalStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
                     }
                     else if (textBlockItem is TextBlockElement textElement)
                     {
@@ -187,18 +215,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             }
 
             if (content is DynamicHost dynamicHost)
-                dynamicHost.TextStyle.ApplyGlobalStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
-            
-            var targetTextStyle = documentDefaultTextStyle;
+                dynamicHost.TextStyle = dynamicHost.TextStyle.ApplyGlobalStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
             
             if (content is DefaultTextStyle defaultTextStyleElement)
-            {
-                defaultTextStyleElement.TextStyle.ApplyParentStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
-                targetTextStyle = defaultTextStyleElement.TextStyle;
-            }
-            
+               documentDefaultTextStyle = defaultTextStyleElement.TextStyle.ApplyGlobalStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
+
             foreach (var child in content.GetChildren())
-                ApplyDefaultTextStyle(child, targetTextStyle);
+                ApplyDefaultTextStyle(child, documentDefaultTextStyle);
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Drawing/DocumentMetadata.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 {
@@ -18,14 +19,26 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
         public DateTime CreationDate { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
         public DateTime ModifiedDate { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// If the number of generated pages exceeds this threshold
-        /// (likely due to infinite layout), the exception is thrown.
-        /// </summary>
-        public int DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold { get; set; } = 250;
+        [Obsolete("This API has been moved since version 2022.9. Please use the QuestPDF.Settings.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold static property.")]
+        public int DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold
+        {
+            get => Settings.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold;
+            set => Settings.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold = value;
+        }
 
-        public bool ApplyCaching { get; set; } = !System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached;
-        public bool ApplyDebugging { get; set; } = System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached;
+        [Obsolete("This API has been moved since version 2022.9. Please use the QuestPDF.Settings.EnableCaching static property.")]
+        public bool ApplyCaching
+        {
+            get => Settings.EnableCaching;
+            set => Settings.EnableCaching = value;
+        }
+        
+        [Obsolete("This API has been moved since version 2022.9. Please use the QuestPDF.Settings.EnableDebugging static property.")]
+        public bool ApplyDebugging
+        {
+            get => Settings.EnableDebugging;
+            set => Settings.EnableDebugging = value;
+        }
 
         public static DocumentMetadata Default => new DocumentMetadata();
     }

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/DocumentComposeException.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
 {
     public class DocumentComposeException : Exception
     {
-        public DocumentComposeException()
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentComposeException(string message) : base(message)
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentComposeException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
+        internal DocumentComposeException(string message) : base(message)
         {
             
         }

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/DocumentDrawingException.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
 {
     public class DocumentDrawingException : Exception
     {
-        public DocumentDrawingException()
+        internal DocumentDrawingException(string message) : base(message)
         {
             
         }
-
-        public DocumentDrawingException(string message) : base(message)
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentDrawingException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
+        
+        internal DocumentDrawingException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
         {
             
         }

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/DocumentLayoutException.cs

@@ -4,21 +4,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
 {
     public class DocumentLayoutException : Exception
     {
-        public string ElementTrace { get; set; }
-        
-        public DocumentLayoutException()
-        {
-            
-        }
+        public string? ElementTrace { get; }
 
-        public DocumentLayoutException(string message) : base(message)
+        internal DocumentLayoutException(string message, string? elementTrace = null) : base(message)
         {
-            
-        }
-
-        public DocumentLayoutException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
-        {
-            
+            ElementTrace = elementTrace;
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Drawing/Exceptions/InitializationException.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
+{
+    public class InitializationException : Exception
+    {
+        internal InitializationException(string documentType, Exception innerException) : base(CreateMessage(documentType, innerException.Message), innerException)
+        {
+            
+        }
+
+        private static string CreateMessage(string documentType, string innerExceptionMessage)
+        {
+            var (libraryName, nugetConvention) = GetLibraryName();
+            
+            return $"Cannot create the {documentType} document using the {libraryName} library. " +
+                   $"This exception usually means that, on your operating system where you run the application, {libraryName} requires installing additional dependencies. " +
+                   $"Such dependencies are available as additional nuget packages, for example {nugetConvention}.Linux.NoDependencies. " +
+                   $"Some operating systems may require installing multiple nugets, e.g. MacOS may need both {nugetConvention}.macOS.NoDependencies and {nugetConvention}.Linux.NoDependencies." +
+                   $"Please refer to the {libraryName} documentation for more details. " +
+                   $"Also, please consult the inner exception that has been originally thrown by the dependency library.";
+
+            (string GetLibraryName, string nugetConvention) GetLibraryName()
+            {
+                if (innerExceptionMessage.Contains("libSkiaSharp"))
+                    return ("SkiaSharp", "SkiaSharp.NativeAssets");
+                
+                if (innerExceptionMessage.Contains("libHarfBuzzSharp"))
+                    return ("HarfBuzzSharp", "HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets");
+                
+                // default
+                return ("SkiaSharp-related", "*.NativeAssets");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Drawing/FontManager.cs

@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using HarfBuzzSharp;
 using QuestPDF.Fluent;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using SkiaSharp;
+using SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 {
     public static class FontManager
     {
-        private static ConcurrentDictionary<string, FontStyleSet> StyleSets = new();
-        private static ConcurrentDictionary<object, SKFontMetrics> FontMetrics = new();
-        private static ConcurrentDictionary<object, SKPaint> Paints = new();
-        private static ConcurrentDictionary<string, SKPaint> ColorPaint = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, FontStyleSet> StyleSets = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<TextStyle, SKFontMetrics> FontMetrics = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<TextStyle, SKPaint> FontPaints = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, SKPaint> ColorPaints = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<TextStyle, Font> ShaperFonts = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<TextStyle, SKFont> Fonts = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<TextStyle, TextShaper> TextShapers = new();
 
+        static FontManager()
+        {
+            RegisterLibraryDefaultFonts();
+        }
+        
         private static void RegisterFontType(SKData fontData, string? customName = null)
         {
             foreach (var index in Enumerable.Range(0, 256))
@@ -31,8 +43,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             }
         }
 
-        [Obsolete("Since version 2022.3, the FontManager class offers better font type matching support. Please use the RegisterFont(Stream stream) method.")]
+        [Obsolete("Since version 2022.8 this method has been renamed. Please use the RegisterFontWithCustomName method.")]
         public static void RegisterFontType(string fontName, Stream stream)
+        {
+            RegisterFontWithCustomName(fontName, stream);
+        }
+        
+        public static void RegisterFontWithCustomName(string fontName, Stream stream)
         {
             using var fontData = SKData.Create(stream);
             RegisterFontType(fontData);
@@ -44,10 +61,42 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             using var fontData = SKData.Create(stream);
             RegisterFontType(fontData);
         }
+        
+        public static void RegisterFontFromEmbeddedResource(string pathName)
+        {
+            using var stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(pathName);
+            RegisterFont(stream);
+        }
+        
+        private static void RegisterLibraryDefaultFonts()
+        {
+            var fontFileNames = new[]
+            {
+                "Lato-Black.ttf",
+                "Lato-BlackItalic.ttf",
+                
+                "Lato-Bold.ttf",
+                "Lato-BoldItalic.ttf",
+                
+                "Lato-Regular.ttf",
+                "Lato-Italic.ttf",
+                
+                "Lato-Light.ttf",
+                "Lato-LightItalic.ttf",
+                
+                "Lato-Thin.ttf",
+                "Lato-ThinItalic.ttf"
+            };
+            
+            fontFileNames
+                .Select(x => $"QuestPDF.Resources.DefaultFont.{x}")
+                .ToList()
+                .ForEach(RegisterFontFromEmbeddedResource);
+        }
 
         internal static SKPaint ColorToPaint(this string color)
         {
-            return ColorPaint.GetOrAdd(color, Convert);
+            return ColorPaints.GetOrAdd(color, Convert);
 
             static SKPaint Convert(string color)
             {
@@ -61,7 +110,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 
         internal static SKPaint ToPaint(this TextStyle style)
         {
-            return Paints.GetOrAdd(style.PaintKey, key => Convert(style));
+            return FontPaints.GetOrAdd(style, Convert);
 
             static SKPaint Convert(TextStyle style)
             {
@@ -98,12 +147,15 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
                 
                 if (fontFromDefaultSource != null)
                     return fontFromDefaultSource;
+
+                var availableFontNames = string.Join(", ", SKFontManager.Default.GetFontFamilies());
                 
                 throw new ArgumentException(
                     $"The typeface '{style.FontFamily}' could not be found. " +
                     $"Please consider the following options: " +
                     $"1) install the font on your operating system or execution environment. " +
-                    $"2) load a font file specifically for QuestPDF usage via the QuestPDF.Drawing.FontManager.RegisterFontType(Stream fileContentStream) static method.");
+                    $"2) load a font file specifically for QuestPDF usage via the QuestPDF.Drawing.FontManager.RegisterFontType(Stream fileContentStream) static method. " +
+                    $"Available font family names: [{availableFontNames}]");
             }
             
             static float GetTextScale(TextStyle style)
@@ -120,7 +172,40 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 
         internal static SKFontMetrics ToFontMetrics(this TextStyle style)
         {
-            return FontMetrics.GetOrAdd(style.FontMetricsKey, key => style.NormalPosition().ToPaint().FontMetrics);
+            return FontMetrics.GetOrAdd(style, key => key.NormalPosition().ToPaint().FontMetrics);
+        }
+
+        internal static Font ToShaperFont(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return ShaperFonts.GetOrAdd(style, key =>
+            {
+                var typeface = key.ToPaint().Typeface;
+
+                using var harfBuzzBlob = typeface.OpenStream(out var ttcIndex).ToHarfBuzzBlob();
+                
+                using var face = new Face(harfBuzzBlob, ttcIndex)
+                {
+                    Index = ttcIndex,
+                    UnitsPerEm = typeface.UnitsPerEm,
+                    GlyphCount = typeface.GlyphCount
+                };
+                
+                var font = new Font(face);
+                font.SetScale(TextShaper.FontShapingScale, TextShaper.FontShapingScale);
+                font.SetFunctionsOpenType();
+
+                return font;
+            });
+        }
+        
+        internal static TextShaper ToTextShaper(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return TextShapers.GetOrAdd(style, key => new TextShaper(key));
+        }
+        
+        internal static SKFont ToFont(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return Fonts.GetOrAdd(style, key => key.ToPaint().ToFont());
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Drawing/FreeCanvas.cs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             
         }
 
-        public void DrawText(string text, Position position, TextStyle style)
+        public void DrawText(SKTextBlob skTextBlob, Position position, TextStyle style)
         {
             
         }

QuestPDF/Drawing/PdfCanvas.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -7,11 +9,23 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
     internal class PdfCanvas : SkiaDocumentCanvasBase
     {
         public PdfCanvas(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata) 
-            : base(SKDocument.CreatePdf(stream, MapMetadata(documentMetadata)))
+            : base(CreatePdf(stream, documentMetadata))
         {
             
         }
-        
+
+        private static SKDocument CreatePdf(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return SKDocument.CreatePdf(stream, MapMetadata(documentMetadata));
+            }
+            catch (TypeInitializationException exception)
+            {
+                throw new InitializationException("PDF", exception);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static SKDocumentPdfMetadata MapMetadata(DocumentMetadata metadata)
         {
             return new SKDocumentPdfMetadata

QuestPDF/Drawing/SkiaCanvasBase.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using SkiaSharp;
+using SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 {
@@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             Canvas.DrawRect(vector.X, vector.Y, size.Width, size.Height, paint);
         }
 
-        public void DrawText(string text, Position vector, TextStyle style)
+        public void DrawText(SKTextBlob skTextBlob, Position position, TextStyle style)
         {
-            Canvas.DrawText(text, vector.X, vector.Y, style.ToPaint());
+            Canvas.DrawText(skTextBlob, position.X, position.Y, style.ToPaint());
         }
 
         public void DrawImage(SKImage image, Position vector, Size size)

QuestPDF/Drawing/TextMeasurement.cs

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
-{
-    internal struct TextMeasurement
-    {
-        public int LineIndex { get; set; }
-        public float FragmentWidth { get; set; }
-    }
-}

QuestPDF/Drawing/TextShaper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using HarfBuzzSharp;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+using SkiaSharp;
+using Buffer = HarfBuzzSharp.Buffer;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
+{
+    internal class TextShaper
+    {
+        public const int FontShapingScale = 512;
+        
+        private TextStyle TextStyle { get; }
+
+        private SKFont Font => TextStyle.ToFont();
+        private Font ShaperFont => TextStyle.ToShaperFont();
+        private SKPaint Paint => TextStyle.ToPaint();
+
+        public TextShaper(TextStyle textStyle)
+        {
+            TextStyle = textStyle;
+        }
+
+        public TextShapingResult Shape(string text)
+        {
+            using var buffer = new Buffer();
+            
+            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;
+            var glyphInfos = buffer.GlyphInfos;
+            var glyphPositions = buffer.GlyphPositions;
+            
+            var scaleY = Paint.TextSize / FontShapingScale;
+            var scaleX = scaleY * Paint.TextScaleX;
+            
+            var xOffset = 0f;
+            var yOffset = 0f;
+            
+            // used for letter spacing calculation
+            var lastCluster = glyphInfos.LastOrDefault().Cluster;
+            var letterSpacing = (TextStyle.LetterSpacing ?? 0) * (TextStyle.Size ?? 16); 
+            
+            var glyphs = new ShapedGlyph[length];
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
+            {
+                // letter spacing should be applied between glyph clusters, not between individual glyphs,
+                // different cluster id indicates the end of the glyph cluster
+                if (lastCluster != glyphInfos[i].Cluster)
+                {
+                    lastCluster = glyphInfos[i].Cluster;
+                    xOffset += letterSpacing;
+                }
+
+                glyphs[i] = new ShapedGlyph
+                {
+                    Codepoint = (ushort)glyphInfos[i].Codepoint,
+                    Position = new SKPoint(xOffset + glyphPositions[i].XOffset * scaleX, yOffset - glyphPositions[i].YOffset * scaleY),
+                    Width = glyphPositions[i].XAdvance * scaleX
+                };                
+                
+                xOffset += glyphPositions[i].XAdvance * scaleX;
+                yOffset += glyphPositions[i].YAdvance * scaleY;
+            }
+            
+            return new TextShapingResult(buffer.Direction, glyphs);
+        }
+        
+        void PopulateBufferWithText(Buffer buffer, string text)
+        {
+            var encoding = Paint.TextEncoding;
+
+            if (encoding == SKTextEncoding.Utf8)
+                buffer.AddUtf8(text);
+                
+            else if (encoding == SKTextEncoding.Utf16)
+                buffer.AddUtf16(text);
+
+            else if (encoding == SKTextEncoding.Utf32)
+                buffer.AddUtf32(text);
+
+            else
+                throw new NotSupportedException("TextEncoding of type GlyphId is not supported.");
+        }
+    }
+    
+    internal struct ShapedGlyph
+    {
+        public ushort Codepoint;
+        public SKPoint Position;
+        public float Width;
+    }
+
+    internal struct DrawTextCommand
+    {
+        public SKTextBlob SkTextBlob;
+        public float TextOffsetX;
+    }
+    
+    internal class TextShapingResult
+    {
+        private Direction Direction { get; }
+        private 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)
+        {
+            Direction = direction;
+            Glyphs = glyphs;
+        }
+
+        public int BreakText(int startIndex, float maxWidth)
+        {
+            return Direction switch
+            {
+                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];
+                
+                    if (glyph.Position.X + glyph.Width > maxWidth + Size.Epsilon)
+                        break;
+                
+                    index++;
+                }
+
+                return index - 1;
+            }
+            
+            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;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        public float MeasureWidth(int startIndex, int endIndex)
+        {
+            if (Glyphs.Length == 0)
+                return 0;
+            
+            var start = this[startIndex];
+            var end = this[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()
+            };
+        }
+        
+        public DrawTextCommand? PositionText(int startIndex, int endIndex, TextStyle textStyle)
+        {
+            if (Glyphs.Length == 0)
+                return null;
+
+            if (startIndex > endIndex)
+                return null;
+            
+            using var skTextBlobBuilder = new SKTextBlobBuilder();
+            
+            var positionedRunBuffer = skTextBlobBuilder.AllocatePositionedRun(textStyle.ToFont(), endIndex - startIndex + 1);
+            var glyphSpan = positionedRunBuffer.GetGlyphSpan();
+            var positionSpan = positionedRunBuffer.GetPositionSpan();
+                
+            for (var sourceIndex = startIndex; sourceIndex <= endIndex; sourceIndex++)
+            {
+                var runIndex = sourceIndex - startIndex;
+                
+                glyphSpan[runIndex] = this[sourceIndex].Codepoint;
+                positionSpan[runIndex] = this[sourceIndex].Position;
+            }
+
+            var firstVisualCharacterIndex = Direction == Direction.LeftToRight
+                ? startIndex
+                : endIndex;
+            
+            return new DrawTextCommand
+            {
+                SkTextBlob = skTextBlobBuilder.Build(),
+                TextOffsetX = -this[firstVisualCharacterIndex].Position.X
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    
+}

QuestPDF/Drawing/XpsCanvas.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -7,9 +9,21 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
     internal class XpsCanvas : SkiaDocumentCanvasBase
     {
         public XpsCanvas(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata) 
-            : base(SKDocument.CreateXps(stream, documentMetadata.RasterDpi))
+            : base(CreateXps(stream, documentMetadata))
         {
             
         }
+        
+        private static SKDocument CreateXps(Stream stream, DocumentMetadata documentMetadata)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return SKDocument.CreateXps(stream, documentMetadata.RasterDpi);
+            }
+            catch (TypeInitializationException exception)
+            {
+                throw new InitializationException("XPS", exception);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Elements/Alignment.cs

@@ -6,19 +6,23 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
     internal class Alignment : ContainerElement
     {
-        public VerticalAlignment Vertical { get; set; } = VerticalAlignment.Top;
-        public HorizontalAlignment Horizontal { get; set; } = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
+        public VerticalAlignment? Vertical { get; set; }
+        public HorizontalAlignment? Horizontal { get; set; }
         
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
             if (Child == null)
                 return;
             
-            var childSize = base.Measure(availableSpace);
+            var childMeasurement = base.Measure(availableSpace);
             
-            if (childSize.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
+            if (childMeasurement.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                 return;
-            
+
+            var childSize = new Size(
+                Horizontal.HasValue ? childMeasurement.Width : availableSpace.Width,
+                Vertical.HasValue ? childMeasurement.Height : availableSpace.Height);
+
             var top = GetTopOffset(availableSpace, childSize);
             var left = GetLeftOffset(availableSpace, childSize);
             
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 VerticalAlignment.Top => 0,
                 VerticalAlignment.Middle => difference / 2,
                 VerticalAlignment.Bottom => difference,
-                _ => throw new NotSupportedException()
+                _ => 0
             };
         }
         
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 HorizontalAlignment.Left => 0,
                 HorizontalAlignment.Center => difference / 2,
                 HorizontalAlignment.Right => difference,
-                _ => throw new NotSupportedException()
+                _ => 0
             };
         }
     }

QuestPDF/Elements/AspectRatio.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class AspectRatio : ContainerElement, ICacheable
+    internal class AspectRatio : ContainerElement, ICacheable, IContentDirectionAware
     {
+        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        
         public float Ratio { get; set; } = 1;
         public AspectRatioOption Option { get; set; } = AspectRatioOption.FitWidth;
         
@@ -42,7 +44,14 @@ 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

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            return SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
+            return availableSpace.IsNegative() 
+                ? SpacePlan.Wrap() 
+                : SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)

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());
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 if (item.IsRendered)
                     continue;
 
-                var itemSpace = new Size(availableSpace.Width, availableSpace.Height - topOffset);
+                var availableHeight = availableSpace.Height - topOffset;
+                
+                if (availableHeight < 0)
+                    break;
+
+                var itemSpace = new Size(availableSpace.Width, availableHeight);
                 var measurement = item.Measure(itemSpace);
                 
                 if (measurement.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)

QuestPDF/Elements/Constrained.cs

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

QuestPDF/Elements/ContentDirectionSetter.cs

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

QuestPDF/Elements/Decoration.cs

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

QuestPDF/Elements/Dynamic.cs

@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class DynamicHost : Element, IStateResettable
+    internal class DynamicHost : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
     {
         private DynamicComponentProxy Child { get; }
         private object InitialComponentState { get; set; }
 
-        internal TextStyle TextStyle { get; } = new();
-
+        internal TextStyle TextStyle { get; set; } = TextStyle.Default;
+        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        
         public DynamicHost(DynamicComponentProxy child)
         {
             Child = child;
@@ -51,11 +52,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             
             var context = new DynamicContext
             {
-                PageNumber = PageContext.CurrentPage,
                 PageContext = PageContext,
                 Canvas = Canvas,
-                TextStyle = TextStyle,
                 
+                TextStyle = TextStyle,
+                ContentDirection = ContentDirection,
+                
+                PageNumber = PageContext.CurrentPage,
+                TotalPages = PageContext.GetLocation(Infrastructure.PageContext.DocumentLocation).PageEnd,
                 AvailableSize = availableSize
             };
             
@@ -72,9 +76,12 @@ 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; }
         public Size AvailableSize { get; internal set; }
 
         public IDynamicElement CreateElement(Action<IContainer> content)
@@ -83,7 +90,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             content(container);
             
             container.ApplyDefaultTextStyle(TextStyle);
-            container.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(PageContext, Canvas));
+            container.ApplyContentDirection(ContentDirection);
+            
+            container.InjectDependencies(PageContext, Canvas);
             container.VisitChildren(x => (x as IStateResettable)?.ResetState());
 
             container.Size = container.Measure(Size.Max);

QuestPDF/Elements/DynamicImage.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            return SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace.Width, availableSpace.Height);
+            return availableSpace.IsNegative() 
+                ? SpacePlan.Wrap() 
+                : SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
@@ -21,13 +24,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             if (imageData == null)
                 return;
 
-            var imageElement = new Image
-            {
-                InternalImage = SKImage.FromEncodedData(imageData)
-            };
-            
-            imageElement.Initialize(PageContext, Canvas);
-            imageElement.Draw(availableSpace);
+            using var image = SKImage.FromEncodedData(imageData);
+            Canvas.DrawImage(image, Position.Zero, availableSpace);
         }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Elements/Empty.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            return SpacePlan.FullRender(0, 0);
+            return availableSpace.IsNegative() 
+                ? SpacePlan.Wrap() 
+                : SpacePlan.FullRender(0, 0);
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)

QuestPDF/Elements/Image.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
-            return SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
+            return availableSpace.IsNegative() 
+                ? SpacePlan.Wrap() 
+                : SpacePlan.FullRender(availableSpace);
         }
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)

QuestPDF/Elements/Inlined.cs

@@ -19,16 +19,24 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         Justify,
         SpaceAround
     }
-    
-    internal class Inlined : Element, IStateResettable
+
+    internal struct InlinedMeasurement
     {
+        public Element Element { get; set; }
+        public SpacePlan Size { get; set; }
+    }
+    
+    internal class Inlined : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
+    {
+        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()
@@ -43,6 +51,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            SetDefaultAlignment();   
+            
             if (!ChildrenQueue.Any())
                 return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
             
@@ -75,15 +85,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            SetDefaultAlignment();
+            
             var lines = Compose(availableSpace);
             var topOffset = 0f;
             
             foreach (var line in lines)
             {
-                var height = line
-                    .Select(x => x.Measure(Size.Max))
-                    .Where(x => x.Type != SpacePlanType.Wrap)
-                    .Max(x => x.Height);
+                var height = line.Max(x => x.Size.Height);
                 
                 DrawLine(line);
 
@@ -94,58 +103,58 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -topOffset));
             lines.SelectMany(x => x).ToList().ForEach(x => ChildrenQueue.Dequeue());
 
-            void DrawLine(ICollection<InlinedElement> elements)
+            void DrawLine(ICollection<InlinedMeasurement> lineMeasurements)
             {
-                var lineSize = GetLineSize(elements);
+                var lineSize = GetLineSize(lineMeasurements);
 
                 var elementOffset = ElementOffset();
                 var leftOffset = AlignOffset();
-                Canvas.Translate(new Position(leftOffset, 0));
                 
-                foreach (var element in elements)
+                foreach (var measurement in lineMeasurements)
                 {
-                    var size = (Size)element.Measure(Size.Max);
+                    var size = (Size)measurement.Size;
                     var baselineOffset = BaselineOffset(size, lineSize.Height);
 
                     if (size.Height == 0)
                         size = new Size(size.Width, lineSize.Height);
                     
-                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, baselineOffset));
-                    element.Draw(size);
-                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -baselineOffset));
+                    var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
+                        ? new Position(leftOffset, baselineOffset)
+                        : new Position(availableSpace.Width - size.Width - leftOffset, baselineOffset);
+                    
+                    Canvas.Translate(offset);
+                    measurement.Element.Draw(size);
+                    Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
 
                     leftOffset += size.Width + elementOffset;
-                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(size.Width + elementOffset, 0));
                 }
-                
-                Canvas.Translate(new Position(-leftOffset, 0));
 
                 float ElementOffset()
                 {
                     var difference = availableSpace.Width - lineSize.Width;
 
-                    if (elements.Count == 1)
+                    if (lineMeasurements.Count == 1)
                         return 0;
 
                     return ElementsAlignment switch
                     {
-                        InlinedAlignment.Justify => difference / (elements.Count - 1),
-                        InlinedAlignment.SpaceAround => difference / (elements.Count + 1),
+                        InlinedAlignment.Justify => difference / (lineMeasurements.Count - 1),
+                        InlinedAlignment.SpaceAround => difference / (lineMeasurements.Count + 1),
                         _ => HorizontalSpacing
                     };
                 }
 
                 float AlignOffset()
                 {
-                    var difference = availableSpace.Width - lineSize.Width - (elements.Count - 1) * HorizontalSpacing;
+                    var emptySpace = availableSpace.Width - lineSize.Width - (lineMeasurements.Count - 1) * HorizontalSpacing;
 
                     return ElementsAlignment switch
                     {
-                        InlinedAlignment.Left => 0,
+                        InlinedAlignment.Left => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? 0 : emptySpace,
                         InlinedAlignment.Justify => 0,
                         InlinedAlignment.SpaceAround => elementOffset,
-                        InlinedAlignment.Center => difference / 2,
-                        InlinedAlignment.Right => difference,
+                        InlinedAlignment.Center => emptySpace / 2,
+                        InlinedAlignment.Right => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? emptySpace : 0,
                         _ => 0
                     };
                 }
@@ -164,24 +173,29 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             }
         }
 
-        Size GetLineSize(ICollection<InlinedElement> elements)
+        void SetDefaultAlignment()
         {
-            var sizes = elements
-                .Select(x => x.Measure(Size.Max))
-                .Where(x => x.Type != SpacePlanType.Wrap)
-                .ToList();
-            
-            var width = sizes.Sum(x => x.Width);
-            var height = sizes.Max(x => x.Height);
+            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);
+            var height = measurements.Max(x => x.Size.Height);
 
             return new Size(width, height);
         }
         
         // list of lines, each line is a list of elements
-        private ICollection<ICollection<InlinedElement>> Compose(Size availableSize)
+        private ICollection<ICollection<InlinedMeasurement>> Compose(Size availableSize)
         {
             var queue = new Queue<InlinedElement>(ChildrenQueue);
-            var result = new List<ICollection<InlinedElement>>();
+            var result = new List<ICollection<InlinedMeasurement>>();
 
             var topOffset = 0f;
             
@@ -192,10 +206,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 if (!line.Any())
                     break;
 
-                var height = line
-                    .Select(x => x.Measure(availableSize))
-                    .Where(x => x.Type != SpacePlanType.Wrap)
-                    .Max(x => x.Height);
+                var height = line.Max(x => x.Size.Height);
                 
                 if (topOffset + height > availableSize.Height + Size.Epsilon)
                     break;
@@ -206,9 +217,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
             return result;
 
-            ICollection<InlinedElement> GetNextLine()
+            ICollection<InlinedMeasurement> GetNextLine()
             {
-                var result = new List<InlinedElement>();
+                var result = new List<InlinedMeasurement>();
                 var leftOffset = GetInitialAlignmentOffset();
                 
                 while (true)
@@ -217,7 +228,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                         break;
                     
                     var element = queue.Peek();
-                    var size = element.Measure(Size.Max);
+                    var size = element.Measure(new Size(availableSize.Width, Size.Max.Height));
                     
                     if (size.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                         break;
@@ -227,7 +238,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
                     queue.Dequeue();
                     leftOffset += size.Width + HorizontalSpacing;
-                    result.Add(element);    
+                    
+                    result.Add(new InlinedMeasurement
+                    {
+                        Element = element,
+                        Size = size
+                    });    
                 }
 
                 return result;

QuestPDF/Elements/Line.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            if (availableSpace.IsNegative())
+                return SpacePlan.Wrap();
+            
             return Type switch
             {
                 LineType.Vertical when availableSpace.Width + Infrastructure.Size.Epsilon >= Size => SpacePlan.FullRender(Size, 0),

QuestPDF/Elements/MinimalBox.cs

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class MinimalBox : ContainerElement
+    internal class MinimalBox : ContainerElement, IContentDirectionAware
     {
+        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
             var targetSize = base.Measure(availableSpace);
@@ -12,7 +14,13 @@ 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

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

QuestPDF/Elements/PageBreak.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            if (availableSpace.IsNegative())
+                return SpacePlan.Wrap();
+            
             if (IsRendered)
                 return SpacePlan.FullRender(0, 0);
 

QuestPDF/Elements/Placeholder.cs

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

QuestPDF/Elements/Row.cs

@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         public Position Offset { get; set; }
     }
     
-    internal class Row : Element, ICacheable, IStateResettable
+    internal class Row : Element, ICacheable, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
     {
+        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        
         internal List<RowItem> Items { get; } = new();
         internal float Spacing { get; set; }
 
@@ -91,9 +93,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 if (command.Measurement.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                     continue;
 
-                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset);
+                var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
+                    ? command.Offset
+                    : new Position(availableSpace.Width - command.Offset.X - command.Size.Width, 0);
+                    
+                Canvas.Translate(offset);
                 command.RowItem.Draw(command.Size);
-                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset.Reverse());
+                Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
             }
             
             if (Items.All(x => x.IsRendered))
@@ -102,13 +108,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 
         private void UpdateItemsWidth(float availableWidth)
         {
-            HandleItemsWithAutoWidth();
+            foreach (var rowItem in Items.Where(x => x.Type == RowItemType.Auto))
+                rowItem.Size = rowItem.Measure(Size.Max).Width;
             
-            var constantWidth = Items.Where(x => x.Type == RowItemType.Constant).Sum(x => x.Size);
+            var constantWidth = Items.Where(x => x.Type != RowItemType.Relative).Sum(x => x.Size);
             var relativeWidth = Items.Where(x => x.Type == RowItemType.Relative).Sum(x => x.Size);
             var spacingWidth = (Items.Count - 1) * Spacing;
 
-            foreach (var item in Items.Where(x => x.Type == RowItemType.Constant))
+            foreach (var item in Items.Where(x => x.Type != RowItemType.Relative))
                 item.Width = item.Size;
             
             if (relativeWidth <= 0)
@@ -119,16 +126,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             foreach (var item in Items.Where(x => x.Type == RowItemType.Relative))
                 item.Width = item.Size * widthPerRelativeUnit;
         }
-
-        private void HandleItemsWithAutoWidth()
-        {
-            foreach (var rowItem in Items.Where(x => x.Type == RowItemType.Auto))
-            {
-                rowItem.Size = rowItem.Measure(Size.Max).Width;
-                rowItem.Type = RowItemType.Constant;
-            }
-        }
-
+        
         private ICollection<RowItemRenderingCommand> PlanLayout(Size availableSpace)
         {
             var leftOffset = 0f;

QuestPDF/Elements/Table/Table.cs

@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
 {
-    internal class Table : Element, IStateResettable
+    internal class Table : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
     {
-        public List<TableColumnDefinition> Columns { get; set; } = new List<TableColumnDefinition>();
-        public List<TableCell> Cells { get; set; } = new List<TableCell>();
+        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        
+        public List<TableColumnDefinition> Columns { get; set; } = new();
+        public List<TableCell> Cells { get; set; } = new();
         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; }
@@ -24,17 +27,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
         // inner table: list of all cells that ends at the corresponding row
         private TableCell[][] CellsCache { get; set; }
         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;
@@ -42,9 +36,26 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
 
         public void ResetState()
         {
-            Cells.ForEach(x => x.IsRendered = false);
+            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()
         {
@@ -54,6 +65,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
             if (Cells.Count == 0)
             {
                 MaxRow = 0;
+                MaxRowSpan = 1;
                 CellsCache = Array.Empty<TableCell[]>();
                 
                 return;
@@ -64,6 +76,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
                 .ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.OrderBy(x => x.Column).ToArray());
 
             MaxRow = groups.Max(x => x.Key);
+            MaxRowSpan = Cells.Max(x => x.RowSpan);
 
             CellsCache = Enumerable
                 .Range(0, MaxRow + 1)
@@ -107,9 +120,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
                 if (command.Measurement.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                     continue;
                 
-                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset);
+                var offset = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
+                    ? command.Offset
+                    : new Position(availableSpace.Width - command.Offset.X - command.Size.Width, command.Offset.Y);
+                
+                Canvas.Translate(offset);
                 command.Cell.Draw(command.Size);
-                Canvas.Translate(command.Offset.Reverse());
+                Canvas.Translate(offset.Reverse());
             }
 
             CurrentRow = FindLastRenderedRow(renderingCommands) + 1;
@@ -156,7 +173,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
             
             if (ExtendLastCellsToTableBottom)
                 AdjustLastCellSizes(tableHeight, commands);
-
+            
             return commands;
 
             static float[] GetColumnLeftOffsets(IList<TableColumnDefinition> columns)
@@ -197,9 +214,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
                         
                         currentRow = cell.Row;
                     }
-
+                    
                     // cell visibility optimizations
-                    if (cell.Row > maxRenderingRow)
+                    if (cell.Row > maxRenderingRow + MaxRowSpan)
                         break;
 
                     // calculate cell position / size
@@ -216,14 +233,14 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
                     {
                         maxRenderingRow = Math.Min(maxRenderingRow, cell.Row + cell.RowSpan - 1);
                     }
-                    
+
                     // corner case: if cell within the row want to wrap to the next page, do not attempt to render this row
                     if (cellSize.Type == SpacePlanType.Wrap)
                     {
                         maxRenderingRow = Math.Min(maxRenderingRow, cell.Row - 1);
                         continue;
                     }
-                    
+
                     // update position of the last row that cell occupies
                     var bottomRow = cell.Row + cell.RowSpan - 1;
                     rowBottomOffsets[bottomRow] = Math.Max(rowBottomOffsets[bottomRow], topOffset + cellSize.Height);

QuestPDF/Elements/Table/TableLayoutPlanner.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using QuestPDF.Fluent;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
 {
-    static class TableLayoutValidator
+    static class TableLayoutPlanner
     {
         public static void PlanCellPositions(this Table table)
         {

QuestPDF/Elements/Table/TableLayoutValidator.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using QuestPDF.Fluent;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
 {
-    static class TableLayoutPlanner
+    static class TableLayoutValidator
     {
         public static void ValidateCellPositions(this Table table)
         {

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextDrawingRequest.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation
 {

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementResult.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation
 {

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/FontFallback.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
+using QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+using SkiaSharp;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
+{
+    internal static class FontFallback
+    {
+        public struct TextRun
+        {
+            public string Content { get; set; }
+            public TextStyle Style { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        public class FallbackOption
+        {
+            public TextStyle Style { get; set; }
+            public SKFont Font { get; set; }
+            public SKTypeface Typeface { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        private static SKFontManager FontManager => SKFontManager.Default;
+
+        public static IEnumerable<TextRun> SplitWithFontFallback(this string text, TextStyle textStyle)
+        {
+            var fallbackOptions = GetFallbackOptions(textStyle).ToArray();
+            
+            var spanStartIndex = 0;
+            var spanFallbackOption = fallbackOptions[0];
+            
+            for (var i = 0; i < text.Length; i += char.IsSurrogatePair(text, i) ? 2 : 1)
+            {
+                var codepoint = char.ConvertToUtf32(text, i);
+                var newFallbackOption = MatchFallbackOption(fallbackOptions, codepoint);
+
+                if (newFallbackOption == spanFallbackOption)
+                    continue;
+
+                yield return new TextRun
+                {
+                    Content = text.Substring(spanStartIndex, i - spanStartIndex),
+                    Style = spanFallbackOption.Style
+                };
+
+                spanStartIndex = i;
+                spanFallbackOption = newFallbackOption;
+            }
+            
+            if (spanStartIndex > text.Length)
+                yield break;
+            
+            yield return new TextRun
+            {
+                Content = text.Substring(spanStartIndex, text.Length - spanStartIndex),
+                Style = spanFallbackOption.Style
+            };
+
+            static IEnumerable<FallbackOption> GetFallbackOptions(TextStyle? textStyle)
+            {
+                while (textStyle != null)
+                {
+                    var font = textStyle.ToFont();
+                    
+                    yield return new FallbackOption
+                    {
+                        Style = textStyle,
+                        Font = font,
+                        Typeface = font.Typeface
+                    };
+
+                    textStyle = textStyle.Fallback;
+                }
+            }
+
+            static FallbackOption MatchFallbackOption(ICollection<FallbackOption> fallbackOptions, int codepoint)
+            {
+                foreach (var fallbackOption in fallbackOptions)
+                {
+                    if (fallbackOption.Font.ContainsGlyph(codepoint))
+                        return fallbackOption;
+                }
+
+                throw CreateNotMatchingFontException(codepoint);
+            }
+
+            static Exception CreateNotMatchingFontException(int codepoint)
+            {
+                var character = char.ConvertFromUtf32(codepoint);
+                var unicode = $"U-{codepoint:X4}";
+
+                var proposedFonts = FindFontsContainingGlyph(codepoint);
+                var proposedFontsFormatted = proposedFonts.Any() ? string.Join(", ", proposedFonts) : "no fonts available";
+                
+                return new DocumentDrawingException(
+                    $"Could not find an appropriate font fallback for glyph: {unicode} '{character}'. " +
+                    $"Font families available on current environment that contain this glyph: {proposedFontsFormatted}. " +
+                    $"Possible solutions: " +
+                    $"1) Use one of the listed fonts as the primary font in your document. " +
+                    $"2) Configure the fallback TextStyle using the 'TextStyle.Fallback' method with one of the listed fonts. ");
+            }
+            
+            static IEnumerable<string> FindFontsContainingGlyph(int codepoint)
+            {
+                var fontManager = SKFontManager.Default;
+
+                return fontManager
+                    .GetFontFamilies()
+                    .Select(fontManager.MatchFamily)
+                    .Where(x => x.ContainsGlyph(codepoint))
+                    .Select(x => x.FamilyName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static IEnumerable<ITextBlockItem> ApplyFontFallback(this ICollection<ITextBlockItem> textBlockItems)
+        {
+            foreach (var textBlockItem in textBlockItems)
+            {
+                if (textBlockItem is TextBlockPageNumber or TextBlockElement)
+                {
+                    yield return textBlockItem;
+                }
+                else if (textBlockItem is TextBlockSpan textBlockSpan)
+                {
+                    if (!Settings.CheckIfAllTextGlyphsAreAvailable && textBlockSpan.Style.Fallback == null)
+                    {
+                        yield return textBlockSpan;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    
+                    var textRuns = textBlockSpan.Text.SplitWithFontFallback(textBlockSpan.Style);
+                    
+                    foreach (var textRun in textRuns)
+                    {
+                        var newElement = textBlockSpan switch
+                        {
+                            TextBlockHyperlink hyperlink => new TextBlockHyperlink { Url = hyperlink.Url },
+                            TextBlockSectionLink sectionLink => new TextBlockSectionLink { SectionName = sectionLink.SectionName },
+                            TextBlockSpan => new TextBlockSpan()
+                        };
+
+                        newElement.Text = textRun.Content;
+                        newElement.Style = textRun.Style;
+
+                        yield return newElement;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new NotSupportedException();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(request.PageContext, request.Canvas));
+            Element.InjectDependencies(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.VisitChildren(x => x.Initialize(request.PageContext, request.Canvas));
+            Element.InjectDependencies(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/TextBlockPageNumber.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
     {
         public const string PageNumberPlaceholder = "123";
         public Func<IPageContext, string> Source { get; set; } = _ => PageNumberPlaceholder;
+        protected override bool EnableTextCache => false;
         
         public override TextMeasurementResult? Measure(TextMeasurementRequest request)
         {

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockSectionLink.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
 {
-    internal class TextBlockSectionlLink : TextBlockSpan
+    internal class TextBlockSectionLink : TextBlockSpan
     {
         public string SectionName { get; set; }
         

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockSpan.cs

@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 using QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+using SkiaSharp;
+using SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz;
 using Size = QuestPDF.Infrastructure.Size;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
 {
     internal class TextBlockSpan : ITextBlockItem
     {
-        private const char Space = ' ';
-        
         public string Text { get; set; }
-        public TextStyle Style { get; set; } = new();
+        public TextStyle Style { get; set; } = TextStyle.Default;
+        private TextShapingResult? TextShapingResult { get; set; }
 
         private Dictionary<(int startIndex, float availableWidth), TextMeasurementResult?> MeasureCache = new ();
+        protected virtual bool EnableTextCache => true; 
 
         public virtual TextMeasurementResult? Measure(TextMeasurementRequest request)
         {
@@ -25,11 +29,17 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             
             return MeasureCache[cacheKey];
         }
-        
+
         internal TextMeasurementResult? MeasureWithoutCache(TextMeasurementRequest request)
         {
+            if (!EnableTextCache)
+                TextShapingResult = null;
+            
+            TextShapingResult ??= Style.ToTextShaper().Shape(Text);
+            
             var paint = Style.ToPaint();
             var fontMetrics = Style.ToFontMetrics();
+            var spaceCodepoint = paint.ToFont().Typeface.GetGlyphs(" ")[0];
 
             var startIndex = request.StartIndex;
             
@@ -37,11 +47,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             // ignore leading spaces
             if (!request.IsFirstElementInBlock && request.IsFirstElementInLine)
             {
-                while (startIndex < Text.Length && Text[startIndex] == Space)
+                while (startIndex < TextShapingResult.Length && Text[startIndex] == spaceCodepoint)
                     startIndex++;
             }
-            
-            if (Text.Length == 0 || startIndex == Text.Length)
+
+            if (TextShapingResult.Length == 0 || startIndex == TextShapingResult.Length)
             {
                 return new TextMeasurementResult
                 {
@@ -54,27 +64,19 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             }
             
             // start breaking text from requested position
-            var text = Text.AsSpan().Slice(startIndex);
-            
-            var textLength = (int)paint.BreakText(text, request.AvailableWidth + Size.Epsilon);
+            var endIndex = TextShapingResult.BreakText(startIndex, request.AvailableWidth);
 
-            if (textLength <= 0)
+            if (endIndex < startIndex)
                 return null;
   
             // break text only on spaces
-            var wrappedTextLength = WrapText(text, textLength, request.IsFirstElementInLine);
+            var wrappedText = WrapText(startIndex, endIndex, request.IsFirstElementInLine);
 
-            if (wrappedTextLength == null)
+            if (wrappedText == null)
                 return null;
-
-            textLength = wrappedTextLength.Value.fragmentLength;
-
-            text = text.Slice(0, textLength);
-
-            var endIndex = startIndex + textLength;
-
+            
             // measure final text
-            var width = paint.MeasureText(text);
+            var width = TextShapingResult.MeasureWidth(startIndex, wrappedText.Value.endIndex);
             
             return new TextMeasurementResult
             {
@@ -86,56 +88,70 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
                 LineHeight = Style.LineHeight ?? 1,
                 
                 StartIndex = startIndex,
-                EndIndex = endIndex,
-                NextIndex = startIndex + wrappedTextLength.Value.nextIndex,
-                TotalIndex = Text.Length
+                EndIndex = wrappedText.Value.endIndex,
+                NextIndex = wrappedText.Value.nextIndex,
+                TotalIndex = TextShapingResult.Length - 1
             };
         }
         
-        // TODO: consider introduce text wrapping abstraction (basic, english-like, asian-like)
-        private (int fragmentLength, int nextIndex)? WrapText(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, int textLength, bool isFirstElementInLine)
+        // TODO: consider introducing text wrapping abstraction (basic, english-like, asian-like)
+        private (int endIndex, int nextIndex)? WrapText(int startIndex, int endIndex, bool isFirstElementInLine)
         {
+            var spaceCodepoint = Style.ToPaint().ToFont().Typeface.GetGlyphs(" ")[0];
+            
             // textLength - length of the part of the text that fits in available width (creating a line)
-                
+
             // entire text fits, no need to wrap
-            if (textLength == text.Length)
-                return (textLength, textLength + 1);
+            if (endIndex == TextShapingResult.Length - 1)
+                return (endIndex, endIndex);
 
             // breaking anywhere
             if (Style.WrapAnywhere ?? false)
-                return (textLength, textLength);
+                return (endIndex, endIndex + 1);
                 
             // current line ends at word, next character is space, perfect place to wrap
-            if (text[textLength - 1] != Space && text[textLength] == Space)
-                return (textLength, textLength + 1);
+            if (TextShapingResult[endIndex].Codepoint != spaceCodepoint && TextShapingResult[endIndex + 1].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
+                return (endIndex, endIndex + 2);
                 
             // find last space within the available text to wrap
-            var lastSpaceIndex = text.Slice(0, textLength).LastIndexOf(Space);
+            var lastSpaceIndex = endIndex;
+
+            while (lastSpaceIndex >= startIndex)
+            {
+                if (TextShapingResult[lastSpaceIndex].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
+                    break;
+
+                lastSpaceIndex--;
+            }
 
             // text contains space that can be used to wrap
-            if (lastSpaceIndex > 0)
-                return (lastSpaceIndex, lastSpaceIndex + 1);
+            if (lastSpaceIndex > 1 && lastSpaceIndex >= startIndex)
+                return (lastSpaceIndex - 1, lastSpaceIndex + 1);
                 
             // there is no available space to wrap text
             // if the item is first within the line, perform safe mode and chop the word
             // otherwise, move the item into the next line
-            return isFirstElementInLine ? (textLength, textLength) : null;
+            return isFirstElementInLine ? (endIndex, endIndex + 1) : null;
         }
         
         public virtual void Draw(TextDrawingRequest request)
         {
             var fontMetrics = Style.ToFontMetrics();
 
-            var glyphOffset = GetGlyphOffset();
-            var text = Text.Substring(request.StartIndex, request.EndIndex - request.StartIndex);
+            var glyphOffsetY = GetGlyphOffset();
             
-            request.Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(0, request.TotalAscent), new Size(request.TextSize.Width, request.TextSize.Height), Style.BackgroundColor);
-            request.Canvas.DrawText(text, new Position(0, glyphOffset), Style);
+            var textDrawingCommand = TextShapingResult.PositionText(request.StartIndex, request.EndIndex, Style);
+
+            if (Style.BackgroundColor != Colors.Transparent)
+                request.Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(0, request.TotalAscent), new Size(request.TextSize.Width, request.TextSize.Height), Style.BackgroundColor);
+            
+            if (textDrawingCommand.HasValue)
+                request.Canvas.DrawText(textDrawingCommand.Value.SkTextBlob, new Position(textDrawingCommand.Value.TextOffsetX, glyphOffsetY), Style);
 
             // draw underline
             if ((Style.HasUnderline ?? false) && fontMetrics.UnderlinePosition.HasValue)
             {
-                var underlineOffset = Style.FontPosition == FontPosition.Superscript ? 0 : glyphOffset;
+                var underlineOffset = Style.FontPosition == FontPosition.Superscript ? 0 : glyphOffsetY;
                 DrawLine(fontMetrics.UnderlinePosition.Value + underlineOffset, fontMetrics.UnderlineThickness ?? 1);
             }
             
@@ -145,7 +161,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
                 var strikeoutThickness = fontMetrics.StrikeoutThickness ?? 1;
                 strikeoutThickness *= Style.FontPosition == FontPosition.Normal ? 1f : 0.625f;
                 
-                DrawLine(fontMetrics.StrikeoutPosition.Value + glyphOffset, strikeoutThickness);
+                DrawLine(fontMetrics.StrikeoutPosition.Value + glyphOffsetY, strikeoutThickness);
             }
             
             void DrawLine(float offset, float thickness)

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/TextBlock.cs

@@ -8,24 +8,65 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
 {
-    internal class TextBlock : Element, IStateResettable
+    internal class TextBlock : Element, IStateResettable, IContentDirectionAware
     {
-        public HorizontalAlignment Alignment { get; set; } = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
+        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        
+        public HorizontalAlignment? Alignment { get; set; }
         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));
-        
+
         private Queue<ITextBlockItem> RenderingQueue { get; set; }
         private int CurrentElementIndex { get; set; }
 
+        private bool FontFallbackApplied { get; set; } = false;
+
         public void ResetState()
         {
-            RenderingQueue = new Queue<ITextBlockItem>(Items);
+            ApplyFontFallback();
+            InitializeQueue();
             CurrentElementIndex = 0;
+
+            void InitializeQueue()
+            {
+                // ReSharper disable once ConditionIsAlwaysTrueOrFalseAccordingToNullableAPIContract
+                if (RenderingQueue == null)
+                {
+                    RenderingQueue = new Queue<ITextBlockItem>(Items);
+                    return;
+                }
+                
+                RenderingQueue.Clear();
+            
+                foreach (var item in Items)
+                    RenderingQueue.Enqueue(item);
+            }
+
+            void ApplyFontFallback()
+            {
+                if (FontFallbackApplied)
+                    return;
+
+                Items = Items.ApplyFontFallback().ToList();
+                FontFallbackApplied = true;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        void SetDefaultAlignment()
+        {
+            if (Alignment.HasValue)
+                return;
+
+            Alignment = ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight
+                ? HorizontalAlignment.Left
+                : HorizontalAlignment.Right;
         }
 
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            SetDefaultAlignment();
+            
             if (!RenderingQueue.Any())
                 return SpacePlan.FullRender(Size.Zero);
             
@@ -53,23 +94,19 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
 
         internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
         {
+            SetDefaultAlignment();
+            
             var lines = DivideTextItemsIntoLines(availableSpace.Width, availableSpace.Height).ToList();
             
             if (!lines.Any())
                 return;
             
-            var heightOffset = 0f;
-            var widthOffset = 0f;
-            
+            var topOffset = 0f;
+
             foreach (var line in lines)
             {
-                widthOffset = 0f;
+                var leftOffset = GetAlignmentOffset(line.Width);
 
-                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
@@ -84,21 +121,20 @@ 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(new Position(item.Measurement.Width, 0));
-                    widthOffset += item.Measurement.Width;
+                    Canvas.Translate(canvasOffset.Reverse());
+                    
+                    leftOffset += 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;
+                topOffset += line.LineHeight;
             }
-            
-            Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -heightOffset));
-            
+
             lines
                 .SelectMany(x => x.Elements)
                 .GroupBy(x => x.Item)
@@ -108,25 +144,22 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                 .ForEach(x => RenderingQueue.Dequeue());
 
             var lastElementMeasurement = lines.Last().Elements.Last().Measurement;
-            CurrentElementIndex = lastElementMeasurement.IsLast ? 0 : lastElementMeasurement.EndIndex;
+            CurrentElementIndex = lastElementMeasurement.IsLast ? 0 : lastElementMeasurement.NextIndex;
             
             if (!RenderingQueue.Any())
                 ResetState();
             
             float GetAlignmentOffset(float lineWidth)
             {
-                if (Alignment == HorizontalAlignment.Left)
-                    return 0;
-
                 var emptySpace = availableSpace.Width - lineWidth;
 
-                if (Alignment == HorizontalAlignment.Right)
-                    return emptySpace;
-
-                if (Alignment == HorizontalAlignment.Center)
-                    return emptySpace / 2;
-
-                throw new ArgumentException();
+                return Alignment switch
+                {
+                    HorizontalAlignment.Left => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? 0 : emptySpace,
+                    HorizontalAlignment.Center => emptySpace / 2,
+                    HorizontalAlignment.Right => ContentDirection == ContentDirection.LeftToRight ? emptySpace : 0,
+                    _ => 0
+                };
             }
         }
 

QuestPDF/Elements/Unconstrained.cs

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements
 {
-    internal class Unconstrained : ContainerElement, ICacheable
+    internal class Unconstrained : ContainerElement, IContentDirectionAware, ICacheable
     {
+        public ContentDirection ContentDirection { get; set; }
+        
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
             var childSize = base.Measure(Size.Max);
@@ -25,7 +27,13 @@ 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

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+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/GridExtensions.cs

@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@ 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();
             
-            if (element is Alignment alignment)
-                descriptor.Alignment(alignment.Horizontal);
+            if (element is Alignment alignment && alignment.Horizontal.HasValue)
+                descriptor.Alignment(alignment.Horizontal.Value);
             
             handler(descriptor);
             element.Component(descriptor.Grid);

QuestPDF/Fluent/InlinedExtensions.cs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ 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/PageExtensions.cs

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

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextExtensions.cs

@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
 {
     public class TextSpanDescriptor
     {
-        internal TextStyle TextStyle { get; }
+        internal TextStyle TextStyle = TextStyle.Default;
+        internal Action<TextStyle> AssignTextStyle { get; }
 
-        internal TextSpanDescriptor(TextStyle textStyle)
+        internal TextSpanDescriptor(Action<TextStyle> assignTextStyle)
         {
-            TextStyle = textStyle;
+            AssignTextStyle = assignTextStyle;
+        }
+
+        internal void MutateTextStyle(Func<TextStyle, TextStyle> handler)
+        {
+            TextStyle = handler(TextStyle);
+            AssignTextStyle(TextStyle);
         }
     }
 
@@ -24,16 +31,17 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
     
     public class TextPageNumberDescriptor : TextSpanDescriptor
     {
-        internal PageNumberFormatter FormatFunction { get; private set; } = x => x?.ToString() ?? string.Empty;
-
-        internal TextPageNumberDescriptor(TextStyle textStyle) : base(textStyle)
+        internal Action<PageNumberFormatter> AssignFormatFunction { get; }
+        
+        internal TextPageNumberDescriptor(Action<TextStyle> assignTextStyle, Action<PageNumberFormatter> assignFormatFunction) : base(assignTextStyle)
         {
-            
+            AssignFormatFunction = assignFormatFunction;
+            AssignFormatFunction(x => x?.ToString());
         }
 
         public TextPageNumberDescriptor Format(PageNumberFormatter formatter)
         {
-            FormatFunction = formatter ?? FormatFunction;
+            AssignFormatFunction(formatter);
             return this;
         }
     }
@@ -41,8 +49,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
     public class TextDescriptor
     {
         private ICollection<TextBlock> TextBlocks { get; } = new List<TextBlock>();
-        private TextStyle DefaultStyle { get; set; } = TextStyle.Default;
-        internal HorizontalAlignment Alignment { get; set; } = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
+        private TextStyle? DefaultStyle { get; set; }
+        internal HorizontalAlignment? Alignment { get; set; }
         private float Spacing { get; set; } = 0f;
 
         public void DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle style)
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             DefaultStyle = style(TextStyle.Default);
         }
-        
+  
         public void AlignLeft()
         {
             Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
@@ -91,19 +99,15 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         
         public TextSpanDescriptor Span(string? text)
         {
-            var style = DefaultStyle.Clone();
-            var descriptor = new TextSpanDescriptor(style);
-
             if (text == null)
-                return descriptor;
+                return new TextSpanDescriptor(_ => { });
  
             var items = text
                 .Replace("\r", string.Empty)
                 .Split(new[] { '\n' }, StringSplitOptions.None)
                 .Select(x => new TextBlockSpan
                 {
-                    Text = x,
-                    Style = style
+                    Text = x
                 })
                 .ToList();
 
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
                 .ToList()
                 .ForEach(TextBlocks.Add);
 
-            return descriptor;
+            return new TextSpanDescriptor(x => items.ForEach(y => y.Style = x));
         }
 
         public TextSpanDescriptor Line(string? text)
@@ -134,16 +138,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         
         private TextPageNumberDescriptor PageNumber(Func<IPageContext, int?> pageNumber)
         {
-            var style = DefaultStyle.Clone();
-            var descriptor = new TextPageNumberDescriptor(style);
+            var textBlockItem = new TextBlockPageNumber();
+            AddItemToLastTextBlock(textBlockItem);
             
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(new TextBlockPageNumber
-            {
-                Source = context => descriptor.FormatFunction(pageNumber(context)),
-                Style = style
-            });
-            
-            return descriptor;
+            return new TextPageNumberDescriptor(x => textBlockItem.Style = x, x => textBlockItem.Source = context => x(pageNumber(context)));
         }
 
         public TextPageNumberDescriptor CurrentPageNumber()
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         
         public TextPageNumberDescriptor PageNumberWithinSection(string locationName)
         {
-            return PageNumber(x => x.CurrentPage + 1 - x.GetLocation(locationName)?.PageEnd);
+            return PageNumber(x => x.CurrentPage + 1 - x.GetLocation(locationName)?.PageStart);
         }
         
         public TextPageNumberDescriptor TotalPagesWithinSection(string locationName)
@@ -187,20 +185,17 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(sectionName))
                 throw new ArgumentException("Section name cannot be null or empty", nameof(sectionName));
 
-            var style = DefaultStyle.Clone();
-            var descriptor = new TextSpanDescriptor(style);
-            
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(text))
-                return descriptor;
-            
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(new TextBlockSectionlLink
+                return new TextSpanDescriptor(_ => { });
+
+            var textBlockItem = new TextBlockSectionLink
             {
-                Style = style,
                 Text = text,
                 SectionName = sectionName
-            });
+            };
 
-            return descriptor;
+            AddItemToLastTextBlock(textBlockItem);
+            return new TextSpanDescriptor(x => textBlockItem.Style = x);
         }
         
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.3. Please use the SectionLink method.")]
@@ -214,20 +209,17 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(url))
                 throw new ArgumentException("Url cannot be null or empty", nameof(url));
 
-            var style = DefaultStyle.Clone();
-            var descriptor = new TextSpanDescriptor(style);
-
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(text))
-                return descriptor;
+                return new TextSpanDescriptor(_ => { });
             
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(new TextBlockHyperlink
+            var textBlockItem = new TextBlockHyperlink
             {
-                Style = style,
                 Text = text,
                 Url = url
-            });
+            };
 
-            return descriptor;
+            AddItemToLastTextBlock(textBlockItem);
+            return new TextSpanDescriptor(x => textBlockItem.Style = x);
         }
         
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.3. Please use the Hyperlink method.")]
@@ -250,15 +242,24 @@ 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);
 
-            container.DefaultTextStyle(DefaultStyle).Column(column =>
+            if (TextBlocks.Count == 1)
+            {
+                container.Element(TextBlocks.First());
+                return;
+            }
+            
+            container.Column(column =>
             {
                 column.Spacing(Spacing);
 
                 foreach (var textBlock in TextBlocks)
                     column.Item().Element(textBlock);
-            });
+            }); 
         }
     }
     
@@ -275,16 +276,22 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             descriptor.Compose(element);
         }
         
-        [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.3. Please use the overload that returns a TextSpanDescriptor object which allows to specify text style.")]
+        [Obsolete("This method has been deprecated since version 2022.3. Please use the overload that returns a TextSpanDescriptor object which allows to specify text style.")]
         public static void Text(this IContainer element, object? text, TextStyle style)
         {
             element.Text(text).Style(style);
         }
-        
+
+        [Obsolete("This method has been deprecated since version 2022.12. Please use an overload where the text parameter is passed explicitly as a string.")]
         public static TextSpanDescriptor Text(this IContainer element, object? text)
         {
-            var descriptor = (TextSpanDescriptor) null;
-            element.Text(x => descriptor = x.Span(text?.ToString()));
+            return element.Text(text?.ToString());
+        }
+
+        public static TextSpanDescriptor Text(this IContainer element, string? text)
+        {
+            var descriptor = (TextSpanDescriptor) null!;
+            element.Text(x => descriptor = x.Span(text));
             return descriptor;
         }
     }

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextSpanDescriptorExtensions.cs

@@ -11,120 +11,146 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             if (style == null)
                 return descriptor;
             
-            descriptor.TextStyle.OverrideStyle(style);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.OverrideStyle(style));
             return descriptor;
         }
         
+        public static T Fallback<T>(this T descriptor, TextStyle? value = null) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
+        {
+            descriptor.TextStyle.Fallback = value;
+            return descriptor;
+        }
+        
+        public static T Fallback<T>(this T descriptor, Func<TextStyle, TextStyle> handler) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
+        {
+            return descriptor.Fallback(handler(TextStyle.Default));
+        }
+        
         public static T FontColor<T>(this T descriptor, string value) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.Color = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.FontColor(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T BackgroundColor<T>(this T descriptor, string value) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.BackgroundColor = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.BackgroundColor(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T FontFamily<T>(this T descriptor, string value) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.FontFamily = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.FontFamily(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T FontSize<T>(this T descriptor, float value) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.Size = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T LineHeight<T>(this T descriptor, float value) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.LineHeight = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.LineHeight(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
-        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Letter spacing controls space between characters. Value 0 corresponds to normal spacing defined by a font.
+        /// Positive values create additional space, whereas negative values reduce space between characters.
+        /// Added / reduced space is relative to the font size.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static T LetterSpacing<T>(this T descriptor, float value) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
+        {
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.LetterSpacing(value));
+            return descriptor;
+        }
+
         public static T Italic<T>(this T descriptor, bool value = true) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.IsItalic = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Italic(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T Strikethrough<T>(this T descriptor, bool value = true) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.HasStrikethrough = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Strikethrough(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T Underline<T>(this T descriptor, bool value = true) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.HasUnderline = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Underline(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
 
         public static T WrapAnywhere<T>(this T descriptor, bool value = true) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.WrapAnywhere = value;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.WrapAnywhere(value));
             return descriptor;
         }
 
         #region Weight
         
-        public static T Weight<T>(this T descriptor, FontWeight weight) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
-        {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.FontWeight = weight;
-            return descriptor;
-        }
-        
         public static T Thin<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.Thin);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Thin());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T ExtraLight<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.ExtraLight);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.ExtraLight());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T Light<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.Light);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Light());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T NormalWeight<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.Normal);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.NormalWeight());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T Medium<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.Medium);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Medium());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T SemiBold<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.SemiBold);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.SemiBold());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T Bold<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.Bold);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Bold());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T ExtraBold<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.ExtraBold);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.ExtraBold());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T Black<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.Black);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Black());
+            return descriptor;
         }
         
         public static T ExtraBlack<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.ExtraBlack);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.ExtraBlack());
+            return descriptor;
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -132,24 +158,44 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         #region Position
         public static T NormalPosition<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Position(FontPosition.Normal);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.NormalPosition());
+            return descriptor;
         }
 
         public static T Subscript<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Position(FontPosition.Subscript);
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Subscript());
+            return descriptor;
         }
 
         public static T Superscript<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
         {
-            return descriptor.Position(FontPosition.Superscript);
-        }
-
-        private static T Position<T>(this T descriptor, FontPosition fontPosition) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
-        {
-            descriptor.TextStyle.FontPosition = fontPosition;
+            descriptor.MutateTextStyle(x => x.Superscript());
             return descriptor;
         }
+        
+        #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

@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
 {
     public static class TextStyleExtensions
     {
-        private static TextStyle Mutate(this TextStyle style, Action<TextStyle> handler)
-        {
-            style = style.Clone();
-            
-            handler(style);
-            return style;
-        }
-        
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.3. Please use the FontColor method.")]
         public static TextStyle Color(this TextStyle style, string value)
         {
@@ -22,12 +14,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         
         public static TextStyle FontColor(this TextStyle style, string value)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.Color = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.Color, value);
         }
         
         public static TextStyle BackgroundColor(this TextStyle style, string value)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.BackgroundColor = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.BackgroundColor, value);
         }
         
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.3. Please use the FontFamily method.")]
@@ -38,7 +30,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         
         public static TextStyle FontFamily(this TextStyle style, string value)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.FontFamily = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.FontFamily, value);
         }
         
         [Obsolete("This element has been renamed since version 2022.3. Please use the FontSize method.")]
@@ -49,39 +41,49 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         
         public static TextStyle FontSize(this TextStyle style, float value)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.Size = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.Size, value);
         }
         
         public static TextStyle LineHeight(this TextStyle style, float value)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.LineHeight = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.LineHeight, value);
         }
-        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Letter spacing controls space between characters. Value 0 corresponds to normal spacing defined by a font.
+        /// Positive values create additional space, whereas negative values reduce space between characters.
+        /// Added / reduced space is relative to the font size.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static TextStyle LetterSpacing(this TextStyle style, float value)
+        {
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.LetterSpacing, value);
+        }
+
         public static TextStyle Italic(this TextStyle style, bool value = true)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.IsItalic = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.IsItalic, value);
         }
         
         public static TextStyle Strikethrough(this TextStyle style, bool value = true)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.HasStrikethrough = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.HasStrikethrough, value);
         }
         
         public static TextStyle Underline(this TextStyle style, bool value = true)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.HasUnderline = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.HasUnderline, value);
         }
         
         public static TextStyle WrapAnywhere(this TextStyle style, bool value = true)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.WrapAnywhere = value);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.WrapAnywhere, value);
         }
 
         #region Weight
         
         public static TextStyle Weight(this TextStyle style, FontWeight weight)
         {
-            return style.Mutate(x => x.FontWeight = weight);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.FontWeight, weight);
         }
         
         public static TextStyle Thin(this TextStyle style)
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         #endregion
 
         #region Position
+        
         public static TextStyle NormalPosition(this TextStyle style)
         {
             return style.Position(FontPosition.Normal);
@@ -154,11 +157,47 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
 
         private static TextStyle Position(this TextStyle style, FontPosition fontPosition)
         {
-            if (style.FontPosition == fontPosition)
-                return style;
-
-            return style.Mutate(t => t.FontPosition = fontPosition);
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.FontPosition, fontPosition);
         }
+        
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Fallback
+        
+        public static TextStyle Fallback(this TextStyle style, TextStyle? value = null)
+        {
+            return style.Mutate(TextStyleProperty.Fallback, value);
+        }
+        
+        public static TextStyle Fallback(this TextStyle style, Func<TextStyle, TextStyle> handler)
+        {
+            return style.Fallback(handler(TextStyle.Default));
+        }
+
+        #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/Fonts.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         public const string CourierNew = "Courier New";
         public const string Georgia = "Georgia";
         public const string Impact = "Impact";
+        public const string Lato = "Lato";
         public const string LucidaConsole = "Lucida Console";
         public const string SegoeSD = "Segoe SD";
         public const string SegoeUI = "Segoe UI";

QuestPDF/Helpers/Helpers.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Helpers
@@ -41,15 +42,23 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Helpers
 
         internal static string PrettifyName(this string text)
         {
-            return Regex.Replace(text, @"([a-z])([A-Z])", "$1 $2");
+            return Regex.Replace(text, @"([a-z])([A-Z])", "$1 $2", RegexOptions.Compiled);
         }
 
         internal static void VisitChildren(this Element? element, Action<Element?> handler)
         {
-            foreach (var child in element.GetChildren().Where(x => x != null))
-                VisitChildren(child, handler);
+            if (element == null)
+                return;
             
+            foreach (var child in element.GetChildren())
+                VisitChildren(child, handler);
+
             handler(element);
         }
+
+        internal static bool IsNegative(this Size size)
+        {
+            return size.Width < 0f || size.Height < 0f;
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Helpers/Placeholders.cs

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

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/ContentDirection.cs

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

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/Element.cs

@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ 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/ICanvas.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
         void Translate(Position vector);
         
         void DrawRectangle(Position vector, Size size, string color);
-        void DrawText(string text, Position position, TextStyle style);
+        void DrawText(SKTextBlob skTextBlob, Position position, TextStyle style);
         void DrawImage(SKImage image, Position position, Size size);
 
         void DrawHyperlink(string url, Size size);

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/IContentDirectionAware.cs

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

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/TextDirection.cs

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

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/TextStyle.cs

@@ -3,89 +3,42 @@ using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
 {
-    public class TextStyle
+    public record TextStyle
     {
-        internal bool HasGlobalStyleApplied { get; private set; }
-        
         internal string? Color { get; set; }
         internal string? BackgroundColor { get; set; }
         internal string? FontFamily { get; set; }
         internal float? Size { get; set; }
         internal float? LineHeight { get; set; }
+        internal float? LetterSpacing { get; set; }
         internal FontWeight? FontWeight { get; set; }
         internal FontPosition? FontPosition { get; set; }
         internal bool? IsItalic { get; set; }
         internal bool? HasStrikethrough { get; set; }
         internal bool? HasUnderline { get; set; }
         internal bool? WrapAnywhere { get; set; }
+        internal TextDirection? Direction { get; set; }
 
-        internal object PaintKey { get; private set; }
-        internal object FontMetricsKey { get; private set; }
-        
-        internal static TextStyle LibraryDefault => new TextStyle
+        internal TextStyle? Fallback { get; set; }
+
+        internal static TextStyle LibraryDefault { get; } = new()
         {
             Color = Colors.Black,
             BackgroundColor = Colors.Transparent,
-            FontFamily = Fonts.Calibri,
+            FontFamily = Fonts.Lato,
             Size = 12,
             LineHeight = 1.2f,
+            LetterSpacing = 0,
             FontWeight = Infrastructure.FontWeight.Normal,
             FontPosition = Infrastructure.FontPosition.Normal,
             IsItalic = false,
             HasStrikethrough = false,
             HasUnderline = false,
-            WrapAnywhere = false
+            WrapAnywhere = false,
+            Direction = TextDirection.Auto,
+            Fallback = null
         };
 
-        public static TextStyle Default => new TextStyle();
-        
-        internal void ApplyGlobalStyle(TextStyle globalStyle)
-        {
-            if (HasGlobalStyleApplied)
-                return;
-            
-            HasGlobalStyleApplied = true;
-
-            ApplyParentStyle(globalStyle);
-            PaintKey ??= (FontFamily, Size, FontWeight, FontPosition, IsItalic, Color);
-            FontMetricsKey ??= (FontFamily, Size, FontWeight, IsItalic);
-        }
-        
-        internal void ApplyParentStyle(TextStyle parentStyle)
-        {
-            Color ??= parentStyle.Color;
-            BackgroundColor ??= parentStyle.BackgroundColor;
-            FontFamily ??= parentStyle.FontFamily;
-            Size ??= parentStyle.Size;
-            LineHeight ??= parentStyle.LineHeight;
-            FontWeight ??= parentStyle.FontWeight;
-            FontPosition ??= parentStyle.FontPosition;
-            IsItalic ??= parentStyle.IsItalic;
-            HasStrikethrough ??= parentStyle.HasStrikethrough;
-            HasUnderline ??= parentStyle.HasUnderline;
-            WrapAnywhere ??= parentStyle.WrapAnywhere;
-        }
-
-        internal void OverrideStyle(TextStyle parentStyle)
-        {
-            Color = parentStyle.Color ?? Color;
-            BackgroundColor = parentStyle.BackgroundColor ?? BackgroundColor;
-            FontFamily = parentStyle.FontFamily ?? FontFamily;
-            Size = parentStyle.Size ?? Size;
-            LineHeight = parentStyle.LineHeight ?? LineHeight;
-            FontWeight = parentStyle.FontWeight ?? FontWeight;
-            FontPosition = parentStyle.FontPosition ?? FontPosition;
-            IsItalic = parentStyle.IsItalic ?? IsItalic;
-            HasStrikethrough = parentStyle.HasStrikethrough ?? HasStrikethrough;
-            HasUnderline = parentStyle.HasUnderline ?? HasUnderline;
-            WrapAnywhere = parentStyle.WrapAnywhere ?? WrapAnywhere;
-        }
-        
-        internal TextStyle Clone()
-        {
-            var clone = (TextStyle)MemberwiseClone();
-            clone.HasGlobalStyleApplied = false;
-            return clone;
-        }
+        public static TextStyle Default { get; } = new();
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/TextStyleManager.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
+{
+    internal enum TextStyleProperty
+    {
+        Color,
+        BackgroundColor,
+        FontFamily,
+        Size,
+        LineHeight,
+        LetterSpacing,
+        FontWeight,
+        FontPosition,
+        IsItalic,
+        HasStrikethrough,
+        HasUnderline,
+        WrapAnywhere,
+        Fallback,
+        Direction
+    }
+    
+    internal static class TextStyleManager
+    {
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<(TextStyle origin, TextStyleProperty property, object value), TextStyle> TextStyleMutateCache = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<(TextStyle origin, TextStyle parent), TextStyle> TextStyleApplyGlobalCache = new();
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<(TextStyle origin, TextStyle parent), TextStyle> TextStyleOverrideCache = new();
+
+        public static TextStyle Mutate(this TextStyle origin, TextStyleProperty property, object value)
+        {
+            var cacheKey = (origin, property, value);
+            return TextStyleMutateCache.GetOrAdd(cacheKey, x => MutateStyle(x.origin, x.property, x.value));
+        }
+
+        private static TextStyle MutateStyle(TextStyle origin, TextStyleProperty property, object? value, bool overrideValue = true)
+        {
+            if (overrideValue && value == null)
+                return origin;
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.Color)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.Color != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (string?)value;
+
+                if (origin.Color == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { Color = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.BackgroundColor)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.BackgroundColor != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (string?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.BackgroundColor == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { BackgroundColor = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.FontFamily)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.FontFamily != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (string?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.FontFamily == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { FontFamily = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.Size)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.Size != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (float?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.Size == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { Size = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.LineHeight)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.LineHeight != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (float?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.LineHeight == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { LineHeight = castedValue };
+            }
+
+            if(property == TextStyleProperty.LetterSpacing)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.LetterSpacing != null)
+                    return origin;
+
+                var castedValue = (float?)value;
+
+                if (origin.LetterSpacing == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { LetterSpacing = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.FontWeight)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.FontWeight != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (FontWeight?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.FontWeight == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { FontWeight = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.FontPosition)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.FontPosition != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (FontPosition?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.FontPosition == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { FontPosition = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.IsItalic)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.IsItalic != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (bool?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.IsItalic == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { IsItalic = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.HasStrikethrough)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.HasStrikethrough != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (bool?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.HasStrikethrough == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { HasStrikethrough = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.HasUnderline)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.HasUnderline != null)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                var castedValue = (bool?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.HasUnderline == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+
+                return origin with { HasUnderline = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.WrapAnywhere)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.WrapAnywhere != null)
+                    return origin;
+
+                var castedValue = (bool?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.WrapAnywhere == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                return origin with { WrapAnywhere = castedValue };
+            }
+            
+            if (property == TextStyleProperty.Fallback)
+            {
+                if (!overrideValue && origin.Fallback != null)
+                    return origin;
+
+                var castedValue = (TextStyle?)value;
+                
+                if (origin.Fallback == castedValue)
+                    return origin;
+                
+                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.");
+        }
+        
+        internal static TextStyle ApplyGlobalStyle(this TextStyle style, TextStyle parent)
+        {
+            var cacheKey = (style, parent);
+            return TextStyleApplyGlobalCache.GetOrAdd(cacheKey, key => ApplyStyle(key.origin, key.parent, overrideStyle: false).ApplyFontFallback());
+        }
+        
+        private static TextStyle ApplyFontFallback(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            var targetFallbackStyle = style
+                ?.Fallback
+                ?.ApplyStyle(style, overrideStyle: false, applyFallback: false)
+                ?.ApplyFontFallback();
+            
+            return MutateStyle(style, TextStyleProperty.Fallback, targetFallbackStyle);
+        }
+        
+        internal static TextStyle OverrideStyle(this TextStyle style, TextStyle parent)
+        {
+            var cacheKey = (style, parent);
+            
+            return TextStyleOverrideCache.GetOrAdd(cacheKey, key =>
+            {
+                var result = ApplyStyle(key.origin, key.parent);
+                return MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.Fallback, key.parent.Fallback);
+            });
+        }
+        
+        private static TextStyle ApplyStyle(this TextStyle style, TextStyle parent, bool overrideStyle = true, bool applyFallback = true)
+        {
+            var result = style;
+
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.Color, parent.Color, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.BackgroundColor, parent.BackgroundColor, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.FontFamily, parent.FontFamily, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.Size, parent.Size, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.LineHeight, parent.LineHeight, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.LetterSpacing, parent.LetterSpacing, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.FontWeight, parent.FontWeight, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.FontPosition, parent.FontPosition, overrideStyle);
+            result = MutateStyle(result, TextStyleProperty.IsItalic, parent.IsItalic, overrideStyle);
+            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);
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Previewer/PreviewerService.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
         private HttpClient HttpClient { get; }
         
         public  event Action? OnPreviewerStopped;
+
+        private const int RequiredPreviewerVersionMajor = 2022;
+        private const int RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor = 12;
         
         public PreviewerService(int port)
         {
@@ -94,12 +97,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 
         private void CheckVersionCompatibility(Version version)
         {
-            if (version.Major == 2022 && version.Minor == 5)
+            if (version.Major == RequiredPreviewerVersionMajor && version.Minor == RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor)
                 return;
             
             throw new Exception($"Previewer version is not compatible. Possible solutions: " +
                                 $"1) Update the QuestPDF library to newer version. " +
-                                $"2) Update the QuestPDF previewer tool using the following command: 'dotnet tool update --global QuestPDF.Previewer --version 2022.5'");
+                                $"2) Update the QuestPDF previewer tool using the following command: 'dotnet tool update --global QuestPDF.Previewer --version {RequiredPreviewerVersionMajor}.{RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor}'");
         }
         
         private async Task WaitForConnection()