Rendering text paragraphs without the Column element (not fully working)

Fix DocumentLayoutException when creating a document with more than one page

FUNDING.yml

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+github: QuestPDF

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

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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 OrderItem
+    {
+        public string ItemName { get; set; } = Placeholders.Label();
+        public int Price { get; set; } = Placeholders.Random.Next(1, 11) * 10;
+        public int Count { get; set; } = Placeholders.Random.Next(1, 11);
+    }
+
+    public struct OrdersTableState
+    {
+        public int ShownItemsCount { get; set; }
+    }
+    
+    public class OptimizedOrdersTable : IDynamicComponent<OrdersTableState>
+    {
+        private ICollection<OrderItem> Items { get; }
+        public OrdersTableState State { get; set; }
+
+        public OptimizedOrdersTable(ICollection<OrderItem> items)
+        {
+            Items = items;
+
+            State = new OrdersTableState
+            {
+                ShownItemsCount = 0
+            };
+        }
+        
+        public DynamicComponentComposeResult Compose(DynamicContext context)
+        {
+            var header = ComposeHeader(context);
+            var sampleFooter = ComposeFooter(context, Enumerable.Empty<OrderItem>());
+            var decorationHeight = header.Size.Height + sampleFooter.Size.Height;
+            
+            var rows = GetItemsForPage(context, decorationHeight).ToList();
+            var footer = ComposeFooter(context, rows.Select(x => x.Item));
+
+            var content = context.CreateElement(container =>
+            {
+                container.MinimalBox().Decoration(decoration =>
+                {
+                    decoration.Header().Element(header);
+
+                    decoration.Content().Box().Stack(stack =>
+                    {
+                        foreach (var row in rows)
+                            stack.Item().Element(row.Element);
+                    });
+
+                    decoration.Footer().Element(footer);
+                });
+            });
+
+            State = new OrdersTableState
+            {
+                ShownItemsCount = State.ShownItemsCount + rows.Count
+            };
+
+            return new DynamicComponentComposeResult
+            {
+                Content = content,
+                HasMoreContent = State.ShownItemsCount < Items.Count
+            };
+        }
+
+        private IDynamicElement ComposeHeader(DynamicContext context)
+        {
+            return context.CreateElement(element =>
+            {
+                element
+                    .Width(context.AvailableSize.Width)
+                    .BorderBottom(1)
+                    .BorderColor(Colors.Grey.Darken2)
+                    .Padding(5)
+                    .Row(row =>
+                    {
+                        var textStyle = TextStyle.Default.SemiBold();
+
+                        row.ConstantItem(30).Text("#", textStyle);
+                        row.RelativeItem().Text("Item name", textStyle);
+                        row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text("Count", textStyle);
+                        row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text("Price", textStyle);
+                        row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text("Total", textStyle);
+                    });
+            });
+        }
+        
+        private IDynamicElement ComposeFooter(DynamicContext context, IEnumerable<OrderItem> items)
+        {
+            var total = items.Sum(x => x.Count * x.Price);
+
+            return context.CreateElement(element =>
+            {
+                element
+                    .Width(context.AvailableSize.Width)
+                    .Padding(5)
+                    .AlignRight()
+                    .Text($"Subtotal: {total}$", TextStyle.Default.Size(14).SemiBold());
+            });
+        }
+        
+        private IEnumerable<(OrderItem Item, IDynamicElement Element)> GetItemsForPage(DynamicContext context, float decorationHeight)
+        {
+            var totalHeight = decorationHeight;
+
+            foreach (var index in Enumerable.Range(State.ShownItemsCount, Items.Count - State.ShownItemsCount))
+            {
+                var item = Items.ElementAt(index);
+                
+                var element = context.CreateElement(content =>
+                {
+                    content
+                        .Width(context.AvailableSize.Width)
+                        .BorderBottom(1)
+                        .BorderColor(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
+                        .Padding(5)
+                        .Row(row =>
+                        {
+                            row.ConstantItem(30).Text(index + 1);
+                            row.RelativeItem().Text(item.ItemName);
+                            row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text(item.Count);
+                            row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text($"{item.Price}$");
+                            row.ConstantItem(50).AlignRight().Text($"{item.Count*item.Price}$");
+                        });
+                });
+
+                var elementHeight = element.Size.Height;
+                    
+                if (totalHeight + elementHeight > context.AvailableSize.Height)
+                    break;
+                    
+                totalHeight += elementHeight;
+                yield return (item, element);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static class DynamicOptimizedExamples
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public static void Dynamic()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(PageSizes.A5)
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    var items = Enumerable.Range(0, 25).Select(x => new OrderItem()).ToList();
+                    
+                    container
+                        .Background(Colors.White)
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .Decoration(decoration =>
+                        {
+                            decoration
+                                .Header()
+                                .PaddingBottom(5)
+                                .Text(text =>
+                                {
+                                    text.DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle.Default.SemiBold().FontColor(Colors.Blue.Darken2).FontSize(16));
+                                    text.Span("Page ");
+                                    text.CurrentPageNumber();
+                                    text.Span(" of ");
+                                    text.TotalPages();
+                                });
+                            
+                            decoration
+                                .Content()
+                                .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.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);
+                            table.Cell().Element(Style).Text(item.ItemName);
+                            table.Cell().Element(Style).AlignRight().Text(item.Count);
+                            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/GridBenchmark.cs

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+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/QuestPDF.Examples.csproj

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         <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="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.4" />
         <PackageReference Include="Svg.Skia" Version="0.5.10" />
     </ItemGroup>
 

QuestPDF.Examples/TableBenchmark.cs

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+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using QuestPDF.Examples.Engine;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Examples
+{
+    public class TableBenchmark
+    {
+        [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)
+                        .Table(table =>
+                        {
+                            const int numberOfRows = 100_000;
+                            const int numberOfColumns = 10;
+                            
+                            table.ColumnsDefinition(columns =>
+                            {
+                                foreach (var _ in Enumerable.Range(0, numberOfColumns))
+                                    columns.RelativeColumn();
+                            });
+
+                            foreach (var row in Enumerable.Range(0, numberOfRows))
+                            foreach (var column in Enumerable.Range(0, numberOfColumns))
+                                table.Cell().Background(Placeholders.BackgroundColor()).Padding(5).Text($"{row}_{column}");
+                        });
+                });
+        }
+    }
+}

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}");

QuestPDF.Examples/TextExamples.cs

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
     public class TextExamples
     {
         [Test]
-        public void SimpleTextBlock()
+        public void SimpleText()
         {
             RenderingTest
                 .Create()
-                .PageSize(500, 300)
+                .PageSize(500, 100)
                 
                 .ProduceImages()
                 .ShowResults()
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                         .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));
@@ -36,13 +57,162 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                         });
                 });
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TextWeight()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .PageSize(500, 500)
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(20)
+                        .MinimalBox()
+                        .Border(1)
+                        .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 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(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").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()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+               .Create()
+               .PageSize(800, 400)
+               .ProduceImages()
+               .ShowResults()
+               .Render(container =>
+               {
+                   container
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(30))
+                        .Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            column.Spacing(25);
+                            
+                            column.Item().Text(text =>
+                            {
+                                text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.Underline());
+                                
+                                text.Span("Underline of the superscript (E = mc");
+                                text.Span("2").Superscript();
+                                text.Span(") should be at the same height as for normal text.");
+                            });
+                            
+                            column.Item().Text(text =>
+                            {
+                                text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.Underline());
+                                
+                                text.Span("Underline of the subscript(H");
+                                text.Span("2").Subscript();
+                                text.Span("O) should be slightly lower than a normal text.");
+                            });
+                            
+                            column.Item().Text(text =>
+                            {
+                                text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.Strikethrough());
+                                
+                                text.Span("Strikethrough of both superscript (E=mc");
+                                text.Span("2").Superscript();
+                                text.Span(") and subscript(H");
+                                text.Span("2").Subscript();
+                                text.Span("O) should be visible in the middle of the text.");
+                            });
+                        });
+               });
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ParagraphSpacing()
         {
             RenderingTest
                 .Create()
-                .PageSize(500, 300)
+                .PageSize(500, 500)
                 .ProduceImages()
                 .ShowResults()
                 .Render(container =>
@@ -54,13 +224,7 @@ 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());
                         });
                 });
         }
@@ -239,7 +403,7 @@ 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);
 
@@ -258,7 +422,7 @@ 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();
@@ -371,5 +535,88 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                     });
                 });
         }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void BreakingLongWord()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .RenderDocument(container =>
+                {
+                    container.Page(page =>
+                    {
+                        page.Margin(50);
+                        page.PageColor(Colors.White);
+
+                        page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
+
+                        page.Content().Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            column.Item().Text(null);
+
+                            column.Item().Text(text =>
+                            {
+                                text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.BackgroundColor(Colors.Red.Lighten3).FontSize(24));
+                                
+                                text.Span("       " + Placeholders.LoremIpsum());
+                                text.Span(" 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789         ").WrapAnywhere();
+                            });
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+        }
+        
+        [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(500, 100)
+                
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .Render(container =>
+                {
+                    container
+                        .Padding(25)
+                        .MinimalBox()
+                        .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
+                        .Text("ينا الألم. في بعض الأحيان ونظراً للالتزامات التي يفرضها علينا")
+                        .FontFamily(Fonts.Calibri)
+                        .FontSize(20);
+                });
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.Previewer.Examples/Program.cs

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-using Avalonia.Media;
-using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
 using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using QuestPDF.Previewer;
 using QuestPDF.ReportSample;
 using QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts;
-using Colors = QuestPDF.Helpers.Colors;
 
-var model = DataSource.GetReport();
-var report = new StandardReport(model);
-report.ShowInPreviewer();
+//ImagePlaceholder.Solid = true;
 
-return;
+// var model = DataSource.GetReport();
+// var report = new StandardReport(model);
+// report.ShowInPreviewer();
+//
+// return;
 
 Document
     .Create(container =>
@@ -58,23 +58,5 @@ Document
                     x.CurrentPageNumber();
                 });
         });
-        
-        container.Page(page =>
-        {
-            page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
-            page.Margin(2, Unit.Centimetre);
-            page.PageColor(Colors.Red.Medium);
-            page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(20));
-
-            page.Content()
-                .PaddingVertical(1, Unit.Centimetre)
-                .Column(x =>
-                {
-                    x.Spacing(20);
-
-                    foreach (var i in Enumerable.Range(0, 10))
-                        x.Item().Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten2).Height(80);
-                });
-        });
     })
     .ShowInPreviewer();

QuestPDF.Previewer.Examples/QuestPDF.Previewer.Examples.csproj

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\QuestPDF.Previewer\QuestPDF.Previewer.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\QuestPDF.ReportSample\QuestPDF.ReportSample.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\QuestPDF\QuestPDF.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>

QuestPDF.Previewer/CommunicationService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using SkiaSharp;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer;
+
+class CommunicationService
+{
+    public static CommunicationService Instance { get; } = new ();
+    
+    public event Action<ICollection<PreviewPage>>? OnDocumentRefreshed;
+
+    private WebApplication? Application { get; set; }
+
+    private readonly JsonSerializerOptions JsonSerializerOptions = new()
+    {
+        PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true
+    };
+
+    private CommunicationService()
+    {
+        
+    }
+    
+    public Task Start(int port)
+    {
+        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);
+        Application.MapGet("version", HandleVersion);
+        Application.MapPost("update/preview", HandleUpdatePreview);
+            
+        return Application.RunAsync($"http://localhost:{port}/");
+    }
+
+    public async Task Stop()
+    {
+        await Application.StopAsync();
+        await Application.DisposeAsync();
+    }
+
+    private async Task<IResult> HandlePing()
+    {
+        return OnDocumentRefreshed == null 
+            ? Results.StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status503ServiceUnavailable) 
+            : Results.Ok();
+    }
+    
+    private async Task<IResult> HandleVersion()
+    {
+        return Results.Json(GetType().Assembly.GetName().Version);
+    }
+    
+    private async Task<IResult> HandleUpdatePreview(HttpRequest request)
+    {
+        var command = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<DocumentSnapshot>(request.Form["command"], JsonSerializerOptions);
+
+        var pages = command
+            .Pages
+            .Select(page =>
+            {
+                using var stream = request.Form.Files[page.Id].OpenReadStream();
+                var picture = SKPicture.Deserialize(stream);
+                        
+                return new PreviewPage(picture, page.Width, page.Height);
+            })
+            .ToList();
+
+        Task.Run(() => OnDocumentRefreshed(pages));
+        return Results.Ok();
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Previewer/DocumentPreviewerExtensions.cs

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-using Avalonia;
-using Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes;
-using Avalonia.ReactiveUI;
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
-
-namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
-{
-    public static class DocumentPreviewerExtensions
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Opens document in the QuestPDF previewer tool.
-        /// Improves development speed by supporting hot reloading.
-        /// Shows document preview and refreshes it after each code change.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// Intended for development only. Do not use in production environment.
-        /// </remarks>
-        public static void ShowInPreviewer(this IDocument document)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(document);
-
-            // currently there is no way to utilize a previously run Avalonia app.
-            // so we need to check if the previewer was already run and show the window again.
-            if(Application.Current?.ApplicationLifetime is ClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
-            {
-                desktop.MainWindow = new PreviewerWindow()
-                {
-                    DataContext = new PreviewerWindowViewModel()
-                    {
-                        Document = document,
-                    }
-                };
-                
-                desktop.MainWindow.Show();
-                desktop.Start(Array.Empty<string>());
-                
-                return;
-            }
-
-            AppBuilder
-                .Configure(() => new PreviewerApp()
-                {
-                    Document = document,
-                })
-                .UsePlatformDetect()
-                .UseReactiveUI()
-                .StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(Array.Empty<string>());
-        }
-    }
-}

QuestPDF.Previewer/DocumentRenderer.cs

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-using System.ComponentModel;
-using Avalonia.Threading;
-using QuestPDF.Drawing;
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
-
-namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
-{
-    internal class DocumentRenderer : INotifyPropertyChanged
-    {
-        public IDocument? Document { get; private set; }
-
-        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler? PropertyChanged;
-
-        private ObservableCollection<PreviewPage> _pages = new();
-        public ObservableCollection<PreviewPage> Pages
-        {
-            get => _pages;
-            set
-            {
-                if (_pages != value)
-                {
-                    _pages = value;
-                    PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(nameof(Pages)));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void UpdateDocument(IDocument? document)
-        {
-            Document = document;
-            
-            if (document == null) 
-                return;
-            
-            try
-            {
-                RenderDocument(document);
-            }
-            catch (Exception exception)
-            {
-                var exceptionDocument = new ExceptionDocument(exception);
-                RenderDocument(exceptionDocument);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private void RenderDocument(IDocument document)
-        {
-            var canvas = new PreviewerCanvas();
-
-            DocumentGenerator.RenderDocument(canvas, document);
-            
-            foreach (var pages in Pages)
-                pages?.Picture?.Dispose();
-            
-            Dispatcher.UIThread.Post(() =>
-            {
-                Pages.Clear();
-                Pages = new ObservableCollection<PreviewPage>(canvas.Pictures);
-            });
-        }
-    }
-}

QuestPDF.Previewer/ExceptionDocument.cs

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-using QuestPDF.Drawing;
-using QuestPDF.Fluent;
-using QuestPDF.Helpers;
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
-
-namespace QuestPDF.Previewer;
-
-public class ExceptionDocument : IDocument
-{
-    private Exception Exception { get; }
-    
-    public ExceptionDocument(Exception exception)
-    {
-        Exception = exception;
-    }
-    
-    public DocumentMetadata GetMetadata()
-    {
-        return DocumentMetadata.Default;
-    }
-
-    public void Compose(IDocumentContainer document)
-    {
-        document.Page(page =>
-        {
-            page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
-            page.Margin(1, Unit.Inch);
-            page.PageColor(Colors.Red.Lighten4);
-            page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(16));
-
-            page.Header()
-                .BorderBottom(2)
-                .BorderColor(Colors.Red.Medium)
-                .PaddingBottom(5)
-                .Text("Ooops! Something went wrong...").FontSize(28).FontColor(Colors.Red.Medium).Bold();
-
-            page.Content().PaddingVertical(20).Column(column =>
-            {
-                var currentException = Exception;
-
-                while (currentException != null)
-                {
-                    column.Item().Text(currentException.GetType().Name).FontSize(20).SemiBold();
-                    column.Item().Text(currentException.Message).FontSize(14);
-                    column.Item().PaddingTop(10).Text(currentException.StackTrace).FontSize(10).Light();
-
-                    currentException = currentException.InnerException;
-
-                    if (currentException != null)
-                        column.Item().PaddingVertical(15).LineHorizontal(2).LineColor(Colors.Red.Medium);
-                }
-            });
-        });
-    }
-}

QuestPDF.Previewer/Helpers.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using SkiaSharp;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer;
+
+class Helpers
+{
+    public static void GeneratePdfFromDocumentSnapshots(string filePath, ICollection<PreviewPage> pages)
+    {
+        using var stream = File.Create(filePath);
+            
+        using var document = SKDocument.CreatePdf(stream);
+            
+        foreach (var page in pages)
+        {
+            using var canvas = document.BeginPage(page.Width, page.Height);
+            canvas.DrawPicture(page.Picture);
+            document.EndPage();
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Previewer/InteractiveCanvas.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Rendering.SceneGraph;
 using Avalonia.Skia;
@@ -25,9 +24,9 @@ class InteractiveCanvas : ICustomDrawOperation
     private const float PageSpacing = 25f;
     private const float SafeZone = 25f;
 
-    public float TotalPagesHeight => Pages.Sum(x => x.Size.Height) + (Pages.Count - 1) * PageSpacing;
+    public float TotalPagesHeight => Pages.Sum(x => x.Height) + (Pages.Count - 1) * PageSpacing;
     public float TotalHeight => TotalPagesHeight + SafeZone * 2 / Scale;
-    public float MaxWidth => Pages.Any() ? Pages.Max(x => x.Size.Width) : 0;
+    public float MaxWidth => Pages.Any() ? Pages.Max(x => x.Width) : 0;
     
     public float MaxTranslateY => TotalHeight - Height / Scale;
 
@@ -99,11 +98,9 @@ class InteractiveCanvas : ICustomDrawOperation
         Scale *= factor;
                 
         LimitScale();
-                
-        factor = Scale / oldScale;
-        
-        TranslateX -= x / (oldScale * factor) - x / oldScale;
-        TranslateY -= y / (oldScale * factor) - y / oldScale;
+   
+        TranslateX -= x / Scale - x / oldScale;
+        TranslateY -= y / Scale - y / oldScale;
 
         LimitTranslate();
     }
@@ -134,10 +131,10 @@ class InteractiveCanvas : ICustomDrawOperation
         
         foreach (var page in Pages)
         {
-            canvas.Translate(-page.Size.Width / 2f, 0);
-            DrawBlankPage(canvas, page.Size);
+            canvas.Translate(-page.Width / 2f, 0);
+            DrawBlankPage(canvas, page.Width, page.Height);
             canvas.DrawPicture(page.Picture);
-            canvas.Translate(page.Size.Width / 2f, page.Size.Height + PageSpacing);
+            canvas.Translate(page.Width / 2f, page.Height + PageSpacing);
         }
 
         canvas.SetMatrix(originalMatrix);
@@ -165,10 +162,10 @@ class InteractiveCanvas : ICustomDrawOperation
             SKImageFilter.CreateDropShadowOnly(0, 10, 14, 14, SKColors.Black.WithAlpha(32)))
     };
     
-    private void DrawBlankPage(SKCanvas canvas, QuestPDF.Infrastructure.Size size)
+    private void DrawBlankPage(SKCanvas canvas, float width, float height)
     {
-        canvas.DrawRect(0, 0, size.Width, size.Height, BlankPageShadowPaint);
-        canvas.DrawRect(0, 0, size.Width, size.Height, BlankPagePaint);
+        canvas.DrawRect(0, 0, width, height, BlankPageShadowPaint);
+        canvas.DrawRect(0, 0, width, height, BlankPagePaint);
     }
     
     #endregion

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewPage.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+using SkiaSharp;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
+{
+    record PreviewPage(SKPicture Picture, float Width, float Height);
+}

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/PreviewerApp.axaml.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes;
 using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 {
     internal class PreviewerApp : Application
     {
-        public IDocument? Document { get; init; }
-
         public override void Initialize()
         {
             AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
@@ -21,9 +18,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
                 desktop.MainWindow = new PreviewerWindow()
                 {
                     DataContext = new PreviewerWindowViewModel()
-                    {
-                        Document = Document,
-                    }
                 };
             }
             

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewerControl.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Media;
-using ReactiveUI;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 {

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewerRefreshCommand.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using SkiaSharp;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer;
+
+internal class DocumentSnapshot
+{
+    public ICollection<PageSnapshot> Pages { get; set; }
+
+    public class PageSnapshot
+    {
+        public string Id { get; set; }
+        
+        public float Width { get; set; }
+        public float Height { get; set; }
+        
+        public SKPicture Picture { get; set; }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewerWindow.axaml

@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
 <Window xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
-							xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-							xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
-							xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
-							xmlns:previewer="clr-namespace:QuestPDF.Previewer"
-							mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="800" d:DesignHeight="450"
-							x:Class="QuestPDF.Previewer.PreviewerWindow"
-							WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
-							ExtendClientAreaToDecorationsHint="true"
-							ExtendClientAreaTitleBarHeightHint="-1"
-							Background="#666"
-							Icon="/Images/Logo.png"
-							UseLayoutRounding="True"
-							Title="QuestPDF Document Preview">
+		xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+		xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+		xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+		xmlns:previewer="clr-namespace:QuestPDF.Previewer"
+		mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="800" d:DesignHeight="450"
+		x:Class="QuestPDF.Previewer.PreviewerWindow"
+		x:DataType="previewer:PreviewerWindowViewModel"
+		x:CompileBindings="True"
+		WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
+		ExtendClientAreaToDecorationsHint="true"
+		ExtendClientAreaTitleBarHeightHint="-1"
+		Background="#666"
+		Icon="/Resources/Logo.png"
+		UseLayoutRounding="True"
+		Title="QuestPDF Document Preview">
+	
+	<Window.Styles>
+		<Style Selector="Button.actions">
+			<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Bottom"/>
+			<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
+			<Setter Property="Padding" Value="10"/>
+			<Setter Property="CornerRadius" Value="100"/>
+			<Setter Property="Background" Value="#888"/>
+		</Style>
+		
+		<Style Selector="Button:pointerover /template/ ContentPresenter">
+			<Setter Property="Background" Value="#999"/>
+		</Style>
+	</Window.Styles>
+
 	<Panel>
 		<Grid>
 			<Grid.RowDefinitions>
@@ -33,12 +50,12 @@
 			                            VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
 			                            CurrentScroll="{Binding CurrentScroll, Mode=TwoWay}"
 			                            ScrollViewportSize="{Binding ScrollViewportSize, Mode=OneWayToSource}"
-			                            Pages="{Binding DocumentRenderer.Pages, Mode=OneWay}" />
+			                            Pages="{Binding Pages, Mode=OneWay}" />
 			
-			<StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Spacing="16" Margin="32" ZIndex="100">
-				<Button VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" 
-				        Padding="10" CornerRadius="100" 
+			<StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Spacing="16" Margin="32">
+				<Button Classes="actions"
 				        Command="{Binding ShowPdfCommand, Mode=OneTime}"
+				        IsVisible="{Binding !!Pages.Count}"
 				        ToolTip.Tip="Generates PDF file and shows it in the default browser. Useful for testing compatibility and interactive links.">
 					<Viewbox Width="24" Height="24">
 						<Canvas Width="24" Height="24">
@@ -47,8 +64,7 @@
 					</Viewbox>
 				</Button>
 				
-				<Button VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" 
-				        Padding="10" CornerRadius="100" 
+				<Button Classes="actions"
 				        Command="{Binding ShowDocumentationCommand, Mode=OneTime}"
 				        ToolTip.Tip="Opens official QuestPDF documentation">
 					<Viewbox Width="24" Height="24">
@@ -58,8 +74,7 @@
 					</Viewbox>
 				</Button>
 				
-				<Button VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" 
-				        Padding="10" CornerRadius="100" 
+				<Button Classes="actions"
 				        Command="{Binding SponsorProjectCommand, Mode=OneTime}"
 				        ToolTip.Tip="Do you like QuestPDF? Please consider sponsoring the project. It really helps!">
 					<Viewbox Width="24" Height="24">

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewerWindow.axaml.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 
         protected override void OnClosed(EventArgs e)
         {
-            (DataContext as PreviewerWindowViewModel)?.UnregisterHotReloadHandler();
+            
         }
 
         private void InitializeComponent()

QuestPDF.Previewer/PreviewerWindowViewModel.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using ReactiveUI;
-using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using Unit = System.Reactive.Unit;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
 
@@ -9,19 +8,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 {
     internal class PreviewerWindowViewModel : ReactiveObject
     {
-        public DocumentRenderer DocumentRenderer { get; } = new();
-
-        private IDocument? _document;
-        public IDocument? Document
+        private ObservableCollection<PreviewPage> _pages = new();
+        public ObservableCollection<PreviewPage> Pages
         {
-            get => _document;
-            set
-            {
-                this.RaiseAndSetIfChanged(ref _document, value);
-                UpdateDocument(value);
-            }
+            get => _pages;
+            set => this.RaiseAndSetIfChanged(ref _pages, value);
         }
-
+        
         private float _currentScroll;
         public float CurrentScroll
         {
@@ -53,47 +46,24 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 
         public PreviewerWindowViewModel()
         {
-            HotReloadManager.UpdateApplicationRequested += InvalidateDocument;
+            CommunicationService.Instance.OnDocumentRefreshed += HandleUpdatePreview;
             
             ShowPdfCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(ShowPdf);
             ShowDocumentationCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(() => OpenLink("https://www.questpdf.com/documentation/api-reference.html"));
             SponsorProjectCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(() => OpenLink("https://github.com/sponsors/QuestPDF"));
         }
 
-        public void UnregisterHotReloadHandler()
-        {
-            HotReloadManager.UpdateApplicationRequested -= InvalidateDocument;
-        }
-
-        private void InvalidateDocument(object? sender, EventArgs e)
-        {
-            UpdateDocument(Document);
-        }
-
-        private Task UpdateDocument(IDocument? document)
-        {
-            return Task.Run(() => DocumentRenderer.UpdateDocument(document));
-        }
-
         private void ShowPdf()
         {
             var filePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"{Guid.NewGuid():N}.pdf");
-
-            try
-            {
-                Document?.GeneratePdf(filePath);
-            }
-            catch (Exception exception)
-            {
-                new ExceptionDocument(exception).GeneratePdf(filePath);
-            }
+            Helpers.GeneratePdfFromDocumentSnapshots(filePath, Pages);
 
             OpenLink(filePath);
         }
         
         private void OpenLink(string path)
         {
-            var openBrowserProcess = new Process
+            using var openBrowserProcess = new Process
             {
                 StartInfo = new()
                 {
@@ -104,5 +74,16 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 
             openBrowserProcess.Start();
         }
+        
+        private void HandleUpdatePreview(ICollection<PreviewPage> pages)
+        {
+            var oldPages = Pages;
+            
+            Pages.Clear();
+            Pages = new ObservableCollection<PreviewPage>(pages);
+            
+            foreach (var page in oldPages)
+                page.Picture.Dispose();
+        }
     }
 }

QuestPDF.Previewer/Program.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes;
+using Avalonia.ReactiveUI;
+using QuestPDF.Previewer;
+
+var applicationPort = GetCommunicationPort();
+CommunicationService.Instance.Start(applicationPort);
+
+if(Application.Current?.ApplicationLifetime is ClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
+{
+    desktop.MainWindow = new PreviewerWindow()
+    {
+        DataContext = new PreviewerWindowViewModel()
+    };
+                
+    desktop.MainWindow.Show();
+    desktop.Start(Array.Empty<string>());
+                
+    return;
+}
+
+AppBuilder
+    .Configure(() => new PreviewerApp())
+    .UsePlatformDetect()    
+    .UseReactiveUI()
+    .StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(Array.Empty<string>());
+
+static int GetCommunicationPort()
+{
+    const int defaultApplicationPort = 12500;
+    
+    var arguments = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
+
+    if (arguments.Length < 2)
+        return defaultApplicationPort;
+
+    return int.TryParse(arguments[1], out var port) ? port : defaultApplicationPort;
+}    

QuestPDF.Previewer/QuestPDF.Previewer.csproj

@@ -1,27 +1,55 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
-    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
-    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <Authors>MarcinZiabek</Authors>
+        <Company>CodeFlint</Company>
+        <PackageId>QuestPDF.Previewer</PackageId>
+        <Version>2022.8.0</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>
+        <PackageReleaseNotes>Initial release.</PackageReleaseNotes>
+        <LangVersion>10</LangVersion>
+        <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
+        <PackageIcon>Logo.png</PackageIcon>
+        <PackageIconUrl>https://www.questpdf.com/images/package-logo.png</PackageIconUrl>
+        <PackageProjectUrl>https://www.questpdf.com/</PackageProjectUrl>
+        <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/QuestPDF/library.git</RepositoryUrl>
+        <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+        <Copyright>Marcin Ziąbek, QuestPDF contributors</Copyright>
+        <PackageTags>pdf report file export generate generation tool create creation render portable document format quest html library converter open source free standard core previewer</PackageTags>
+        <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
+        <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
+        <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
+        <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
+        <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <AvaloniaResource Include="Images\Logo.png" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-	<ItemGroup>
-		<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="System.Reactive" Version="5.0.0" />
-	</ItemGroup>
-
-	<ItemGroup>
-	  <ProjectReference Include="..\QuestPDF\QuestPDF.csproj" />
-	</ItemGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <AvaloniaResource Include="Resources\Logo.png" />
+    </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\Logo.png" />
+        <None Include="Resources\Logo.png">
+            <Pack>true</Pack>
+            <Visible>false</Visible>
+            <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
+        </None>
+    </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="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux.NoDependencies" Version="2.80.4" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Reactive" Version="5.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.4" />
+    </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

QuestPDF.Previewer/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Install nuget locally (in directory where nupkg file is located)
+
+```
+dotnet tool install --global --add-source . QuestPDF.Previewer --global
+```
+
+Run on default port
+
+```
+questpdf-previewer
+```
+
+Run on custom port
+
+```
+questpdf-previewer 12500
+```
+
+Remove nuget locally 
+
+```
+dotnet tool uninstall QuestPDF.Previewer --global
+```

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
 {
@@ -41,18 +42,31 @@ 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");
@@ -61,4 +75,4 @@ namespace QuestPDF.ReportSample.Layouts
                 });
         }
     }
-}
+}

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>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <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="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.4" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

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/QuestPDF.UnitTests.csproj

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <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="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.4" />
     </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));

QuestPDF.sln

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "QuestPDF.UnitTests", "Quest
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "QuestPDF.Examples", "QuestPDF.Examples\QuestPDF.Examples.csproj", "{8BD0A2B4-2DC1-47BA-9724-C158320D9CAE}"
 EndProject
-Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "QuestPDF.Previewer", "QuestPDF.Previewer\QuestPDF.Previewer.csproj", "{D63255E7-7043-4AD4-A4C9-7ACFEDBE8225}"
-EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "QuestPDF.Previewer.Examples", "QuestPDF.Previewer.Examples\QuestPDF.Previewer.Examples.csproj", "{CA413A39-038F-4A9F-B56F-0E5413B6B158}"
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Configuration", "Configuration", "{73123649-216A-47B4-BFB2-DADF13FBE75D}"
@@ -17,6 +15,8 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Configuration", "Configurat
 		.editorconfig = .editorconfig
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "QuestPDF.Previewer", "QuestPDF.Previewer\QuestPDF.Previewer.csproj", "{B2FF6003-3A45-4A78-A85D-B86C7F01D054}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ Global
 		{8BD0A2B4-2DC1-47BA-9724-C158320D9CAE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{8BD0A2B4-2DC1-47BA-9724-C158320D9CAE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{8BD0A2B4-2DC1-47BA-9724-C158320D9CAE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-		{D63255E7-7043-4AD4-A4C9-7ACFEDBE8225}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{D63255E7-7043-4AD4-A4C9-7ACFEDBE8225}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
-		{D63255E7-7043-4AD4-A4C9-7ACFEDBE8225}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
-		{D63255E7-7043-4AD4-A4C9-7ACFEDBE8225}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{CA413A39-038F-4A9F-B56F-0E5413B6B158}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{CA413A39-038F-4A9F-B56F-0E5413B6B158}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{CA413A39-038F-4A9F-B56F-0E5413B6B158}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{CA413A39-038F-4A9F-B56F-0E5413B6B158}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{B2FF6003-3A45-4A78-A85D-B86C7F01D054}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{B2FF6003-3A45-4A78-A85D-B86C7F01D054}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{B2FF6003-3A45-4A78-A85D-B86C7F01D054}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{B2FF6003-3A45-4A78-A85D-B86C7F01D054}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal

QuestPDF/Assembly.cs

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("DynamicProxyGenAssembly2")]
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("QuestPDF.Previewer")]
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("QuestPDF.UnitTests")]
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("QuestPDF.Examples")]
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("QuestPDF.ReportSample")]

QuestPDF/Drawing/DocumentGenerator.cs

@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             return canvas.Images;
         }
 
+        internal static ICollection<PreviewerPicture> GeneratePreviewerPictures(IDocument document)
+        {
+            var canvas = new SkiaPictureCanvas();
+            RenderDocument(canvas, document);
+            return canvas.Pictures;
+        }
+        
         internal static void RenderDocument<TCanvas>(TCanvas canvas, IDocument document)
             where TCanvas : ICanvas, IRenderingCanvas
         {
@@ -128,11 +135,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
                               $"In this case, please increase the value {nameof(DocumentMetadata)}.{nameof(DocumentMetadata.DocumentLayoutExceptionThreshold)} property configured in the {nameof(IDocument.GetMetadata)} method. " +
                               $"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);
             }
         }
 
@@ -157,7 +163,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             return debuggingState;
         }
 
-        private static void ApplyDefaultTextStyle(this Element? content, TextStyle documentDefaultTextStyle)
+        internal static void ApplyDefaultTextStyle(this Element? content, TextStyle documentDefaultTextStyle)
         {
             if (content == null)
                 return;
@@ -179,6 +185,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (content is DynamicHost dynamicHost)
+                dynamicHost.TextStyle.ApplyGlobalStyle(documentDefaultTextStyle);
+            
             var targetTextStyle = documentDefaultTextStyle;
             
             if (content is DefaultTextStyle defaultTextStyleElement)

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 +4,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions
 {
     public class DocumentDrawingException : Exception
     {
-        public DocumentDrawingException()
-        {
-            
-        }
-
-        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

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 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
 {
@@ -11,9 +16,17 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
     {
         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 ConcurrentDictionary<object, SKPaint> FontPaints = new();
+        private static ConcurrentDictionary<string, SKPaint> ColorPaints = new();
+        private static ConcurrentDictionary<object, Font> ShaperFonts = new();
+        private static ConcurrentDictionary<object, SKFont> Fonts = new();
+        private static ConcurrentDictionary<object, TextShaper> TextShapers = new();
 
+        static FontManager()
+        {
+            RegisterLibraryDefaultFonts();
+        }
+        
         private static void RegisterFontType(SKData fontData, string? customName = null)
         {
             foreach (var index in Enumerable.Range(0, 256))
@@ -30,8 +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);
@@ -43,10 +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)
             {
@@ -60,7 +110,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 
         internal static SKPaint ToPaint(this TextStyle style)
         {
-            return Paints.GetOrAdd(style.PaintKey, key => Convert(style));
+            return FontPaints.GetOrAdd(style.PaintKey, key => Convert(style));
 
             static SKPaint Convert(TextStyle style)
             {
@@ -68,7 +118,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
                 {
                     Color = SKColor.Parse(style.Color),
                     Typeface = GetTypeface(style),
-                    TextSize = style.Size ?? 12,
+                    TextSize = (style.Size ?? 12) * GetTextScale(style),
                     IsAntialias = true,
                 };
             }
@@ -76,6 +126,16 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
             static SKTypeface GetTypeface(TextStyle style)
             {
                 var weight = (SKFontStyleWeight)(style.FontWeight ?? FontWeight.Normal);
+
+                // superscript and subscript use slightly bolder font to match visually line thickness
+                if (style.FontPosition is FontPosition.Superscript or FontPosition.Subscript)
+                {
+                    var weightValue = (int)weight;
+                    weightValue = Math.Min(weightValue + 100, 1000);
+                    
+                    weight = (SKFontStyleWeight) (weightValue);
+                }
+
                 var slant = (style.IsItalic ?? false) ? SKFontStyleSlant.Italic : SKFontStyleSlant.Upright;
 
                 var fontStyle = new SKFontStyle(weight, SKFontStyleWidth.Normal, slant);
@@ -87,18 +147,65 @@ 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)
+            {
+                return style.FontPosition switch
+                {
+                    FontPosition.Normal => 1f,
+                    FontPosition.Subscript => 0.625f,
+                    FontPosition.Superscript => 0.625f,
+                    _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
+                };
             }
         }
 
         internal static SKFontMetrics ToFontMetrics(this TextStyle style)
         {
-            return FontMetrics.GetOrAdd(style.FontMetricsKey, key => style.ToPaint().FontMetrics);
+            return FontMetrics.GetOrAdd(style.FontMetricsKey, key => style.NormalPosition().ToPaint().FontMetrics);
+        }
+
+        internal static Font ToShaperFont(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return ShaperFonts.GetOrAdd(style.PaintKey, _ =>
+            {
+                var typeface = style.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.PaintKey, _ => new TextShaper(style));
+        }
+        
+        internal static SKFont ToFont(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return Fonts.GetOrAdd(style.PaintKey, _ => style.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/SkiaPictureCanvas.cs

@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
-using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
 using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
 using SkiaSharp;
 
-namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
+namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
 {
-    record PreviewPage(SKPicture Picture, Size Size);
+    public class PreviewerPicture
+    {
+        public SKPicture Picture { get; set; }
+        public Size Size { get; set; }
+
+        public PreviewerPicture(SKPicture picture, Size size)
+        {
+            Picture = picture;
+            Size = size;
+        }
+    }
     
-    sealed class PreviewerCanvas : SkiaCanvasBase, IRenderingCanvas
+    internal class SkiaPictureCanvas : SkiaCanvasBase
     {
         private SKPictureRecorder? PictureRecorder { get; set; }
         private Size? CurrentPageSize { get; set; }
-        
-        public ICollection<PreviewPage> Pictures { get; } = new List<PreviewPage>();
+
+        public ICollection<PreviewerPicture> Pictures { get; } = new List<PreviewerPicture>();
         
         public override void BeginDocument()
         {
@@ -22,7 +35,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
         {
             CurrentPageSize = size;
             PictureRecorder = new SKPictureRecorder();
-            
+
             Canvas = PictureRecorder.BeginRecording(new SKRect(0, 0, size.Width, size.Height));
         }
 
@@ -31,7 +44,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
             var picture = PictureRecorder?.EndRecording();
             
             if (picture != null && CurrentPageSize.HasValue)
-                Pictures.Add(new PreviewPage(picture, CurrentPageSize.Value));
+                Pictures.Add(new PreviewerPicture(picture, CurrentPageSize.Value));
 
             PictureRecorder?.Dispose();
             PictureRecorder = null;
@@ -39,4 +52,4 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 
         public override void EndDocument() { }
     }
-}
+}

QuestPDF/Drawing/TextShaper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+using System;
+using HarfBuzzSharp;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+using SkiaSharp;
+using Buffer = HarfBuzzSharp.Buffer;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Drawing
+{
+    internal class TextShaper
+    {
+        public const int FontShapingScale = 512;
+     
+        private Font Font { get; }
+        private SKPaint Paint { get; }
+        
+        public TextShaper(TextStyle style)
+        {
+            Font = style.ToShaperFont();
+            Paint = style.ToPaint();
+        }
+
+        public TextShapingResult Shape(string text)
+        {
+            using var buffer = new Buffer();
+            
+            PopulateBufferWithText(buffer, text);
+            buffer.GuessSegmentProperties();
+
+            Font.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;
+            
+            var glyphs = new ShapedGlyph[length];
+            
+            for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
+            {
+                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(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
+    {
+        public ShapedGlyph[] Glyphs { get; }
+
+        public TextShapingResult(ShapedGlyph[] glyphs)
+        {
+            Glyphs = glyphs;
+        }
+
+        public int BreakText(int startIndex, float maxWidth)
+        {
+            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;
+        }
+        
+        public float MeasureWidth(int startIndex, int endIndex)
+        {
+            if (Glyphs.Length == 0)
+                return 0;
+            
+            var start = Glyphs[startIndex];
+            var end = Glyphs[endIndex];
+
+            return end.Position.X - start.Position.X + end.Width;
+        }
+        
+        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] = Glyphs[sourceIndex].Codepoint;
+                positionSpan[runIndex] = Glyphs[sourceIndex].Position;
+            }
+            
+            return new DrawTextCommand
+            {
+                SkTextBlob = skTextBlobBuilder.Build(),
+                TextOffsetX = -Glyphs[startIndex].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/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

@@ -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/Dynamic.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+using System;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing.Exceptions;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Elements
+{
+    internal class DynamicHost : Element, IStateResettable
+    {
+        private DynamicComponentProxy Child { get; }
+        private object InitialComponentState { get; set; }
+
+        internal TextStyle TextStyle { get; } = new();
+
+        public DynamicHost(DynamicComponentProxy child)
+        {
+            Child = child;
+            
+            InitialComponentState = Child.GetState();
+        }
+
+        public void ResetState()
+        {
+            Child.SetState(InitialComponentState);
+        }
+        
+        internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
+        {
+            var result = GetContent(availableSpace, acceptNewState: false);
+            var content = result.Content as Element ?? Empty.Instance;
+            var measurement = content.Measure(availableSpace);
+
+            if (measurement.Type != SpacePlanType.FullRender)
+                throw new DocumentLayoutException("Dynamic component generated content that does not fit on a single page.");
+            
+            return result.HasMoreContent 
+                ? SpacePlan.PartialRender(measurement) 
+                : SpacePlan.FullRender(measurement);
+        }
+
+        internal override void Draw(Size availableSpace)
+        {
+            var content = GetContent(availableSpace, acceptNewState: true).Content as Element; 
+            content?.Draw(availableSpace);
+        }
+
+        private DynamicComponentComposeResult GetContent(Size availableSize, bool acceptNewState)
+        {
+            var componentState = Child.GetState();
+            
+            var context = new DynamicContext
+            {
+                PageNumber = PageContext.CurrentPage,
+                TotalPages = PageContext.GetLocation(Infrastructure.PageContext.DocumentLocation).PageEnd,
+                PageContext = PageContext,
+                Canvas = Canvas,
+                TextStyle = TextStyle,
+                
+                AvailableSize = availableSize
+            };
+            
+            var result = Child.Compose(context);
+
+            if (!acceptNewState)
+                Child.SetState(componentState);
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class DynamicContext
+    {
+        internal IPageContext PageContext { get; set; }
+        internal ICanvas Canvas { get; set; }
+        internal TextStyle TextStyle { 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)
+        {
+            var container = new DynamicElement();
+            content(container);
+            
+            container.ApplyDefaultTextStyle(TextStyle);
+            container.VisitChildren(x => x?.Initialize(PageContext, Canvas));
+            container.VisitChildren(x => (x as IStateResettable)?.ResetState());
+
+            container.Size = container.Measure(Size.Max);
+            
+            return container;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public interface IDynamicElement : IElement
+    {
+        Size Size { get; }
+    }
+
+    internal class DynamicElement : ContainerElement, IDynamicElement
+    {
+        public Size Size { get; internal set; }
+    }
+}

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)

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

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
         Justify,
         SpaceAround
     }
+
+    internal struct InlinedMeasurement
+    {
+        public Element Element { get; set; }
+        public SpacePlan Size { get; set; }
+    }
     
     internal class Inlined : Element, IStateResettable
     {
@@ -80,10 +86,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             
             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);
 
@@ -94,24 +97,24 @@ 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);
+                    measurement.Element.Draw(size);
                     Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -baselineOffset));
 
                     leftOffset += size.Width + elementOffset;
@@ -124,20 +127,20 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
                 {
                     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 difference = availableSpace.Width - lineSize.Width - (lineMeasurements.Count - 1) * HorizontalSpacing;
 
                     return ElementsAlignment switch
                     {
@@ -164,24 +167,19 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements
             }
         }
 
-        Size GetLineSize(ICollection<InlinedElement> elements)
+        Size GetLineSize(ICollection<InlinedMeasurement> measurements)
         {
-            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);
+            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 +190,7 @@ 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 +201,9 @@ 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)
@@ -227,7 +222,12 @@ 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/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/Row.cs

@@ -102,13 +102,14 @@ 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 +120,7 @@ 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

@@ -19,15 +19,22 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
         private int RowsCount { get; set; }
         private int CurrentRow { get; set; }
         
+        // cache that stores all cells
+        // first index: row number
+        // inner table: list of all cells that ends at the corresponding row
+        private TableCell[][] CellsCache { get; set; }
+        private int MaxRow { 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;
@@ -35,9 +42,36 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
 
         public void ResetState()
         {
-            Cells.ForEach(x => x.IsRendered = false);
+            foreach (var x in Cells)
+                x.IsRendered = false;
+            
             CurrentRow = 1;
         }
+
+        private void BuildCache()
+        {
+            if (CellsCache != null)
+                return;
+
+            if (Cells.Count == 0)
+            {
+                MaxRow = 0;
+                CellsCache = Array.Empty<TableCell[]>();
+                
+                return;
+            }
+            
+            var groups = Cells
+                .GroupBy(x => x.Row + x.RowSpan - 1)
+                .ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.OrderBy(x => x.Column).ToArray());
+
+            MaxRow = groups.Max(x => x.Key);
+
+            CellsCache = Enumerable
+                .Range(0, MaxRow + 1)
+                .Select(x => groups.ContainsKey(x) ? groups[x] : Array.Empty<TableCell>())
+                .ToArray();
+        }
         
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
         {
@@ -143,7 +177,10 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Table
                 var rowBottomOffsets = new DynamicDictionary<int, float>();
                 var commands = new List<TableCellRenderingCommand>();
                 
-                var cellsToTry = Cells.Where(x => x.Row + x.RowSpan - 1 >= CurrentRow);
+                var cellsToTry = Enumerable
+                    .Range(CurrentRow, MaxRow - CurrentRow + 1)
+                    .SelectMany(x => CellsCache[x]);
+                
                 var currentRow = CurrentRow;
                 var maxRenderingRow = RowsCount;
                 

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/TextMeasurementRequest.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation
         
         public int StartIndex { get; set; }
         public float AvailableWidth { get; set; }
+        
+        public bool IsFirstElementInBlock { get; set; }
         public bool IsFirstElementInLine { get; set; }
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementResult.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation
 {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation
         public int NextIndex { get; set; }
         public int TotalIndex { get; set; }
 
-        public bool IsLast => NextIndex == EndIndex;
+        public bool IsLast => EndIndex == TotalIndex;
+        public bool IsNewLine { get; set; }
     }
 }

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

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 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
@@ -10,9 +14,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
     internal class TextBlockSpan : ITextBlockItem
     {
         public string Text { get; set; }
-        public TextStyle Style { get; set; } = new TextStyle();
+        public TextStyle Style { get; set; } = new();
+        public TextShapingResult? TextShapingResult { get; set; }
 
         private Dictionary<(int startIndex, float availableWidth), TextMeasurementResult?> MeasureCache = new ();
+        protected virtual bool EnableTextCache => true; 
 
         public virtual TextMeasurementResult? Measure(TextMeasurementRequest request)
         {
@@ -23,25 +29,45 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             
             return MeasureCache[cacheKey];
         }
-        
+
         internal TextMeasurementResult? MeasureWithoutCache(TextMeasurementRequest request)
         {
-            const char space = ' ';
+            if (!EnableTextCache)
+                TextShapingResult = null;
+            
+            TextShapingResult ??= Style.ToTextShaper().Shape(Text);
             
             var paint = Style.ToPaint();
             var fontMetrics = Style.ToFontMetrics();
 
+            // if the element is the first one within the line,
+            // ignore leading spaces and new lines
+            var spaceCodepoint = paint.ToFont().Typeface.GetGlyph(' ');
+            var newLineCodepoint = paint.ToFont().Typeface.GetGlyph('\n');
+            var returnCodepoint = paint.ToFont().Typeface.GetGlyph('\r');
+            
             var startIndex = request.StartIndex;
             
-            // if the element is the first one within the line,
-            // ignore leading spaces
-            if (request.IsFirstElementInLine)
+            if (!request.IsFirstElementInBlock && request.IsFirstElementInLine)
             {
-                while (startIndex < Text.Length && Text[startIndex] == space)
+                while (startIndex < TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length && (Text[startIndex] == spaceCodepoint || Text[startIndex] == newLineCodepoint || Text[startIndex] == returnCodepoint))
                     startIndex++;
             }
+
+            // calculate max index (new new line)
+            var newLineIndex = startIndex;
+
+            while (newLineIndex < TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length)
+            {
+                var glyphCodepoint = TextShapingResult.Glyphs[newLineIndex].Codepoint;
+                
+                if (glyphCodepoint == newLineCodepoint || glyphCodepoint == returnCodepoint)
+                    break;
+
+                newLineIndex++;
+            }
             
-            if (Text.Length == 0 || startIndex == Text.Length)
+            if (TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length == 0 || startIndex == TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length)
             {
                 return new TextMeasurementResult
                 {
@@ -54,32 +80,21 @@ 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;
+
+            endIndex = Math.Min(endIndex, newLineIndex);
   
             // 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;
-
-            text = text.Slice(0, textLength);
-
-            var endIndex = startIndex + textLength;
-            var nextIndex = endIndex;
-
-            // when breaking text, omit spaces at the end of the line
-            while (nextIndex < Text.Length && Text[nextIndex] == space)
-                nextIndex++;
             
             // measure final text
-            var width = paint.MeasureText(text);
+            var width = TextShapingResult.MeasureWidth(startIndex, wrappedText.Value.endIndex);
             
             return new TextMeasurementResult
             {
@@ -91,57 +106,102 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
                 LineHeight = Style.LineHeight ?? 1,
                 
                 StartIndex = startIndex,
-                EndIndex = endIndex,
-                NextIndex = nextIndex,
-                TotalIndex = Text.Length
+                EndIndex = wrappedText.Value.endIndex,
+                NextIndex = wrappedText.Value.nextIndex,
+                TotalIndex = TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length - 1,
+                
+                IsNewLine = endIndex == newLineIndex
             };
+        }
+        
+        // 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)
 
-            static int? WrapText(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, int textLength, bool isFirstElementInLine)
+            // entire text fits, no need to wrap
+            if (endIndex == TextShapingResult.Glyphs.Length - 1)
+                return (endIndex, endIndex);
+
+            // breaking anywhere
+            if (Style.WrapAnywhere ?? false)
+                return (endIndex, endIndex + 1);
+                
+            // current line ends at word, next character is space, perfect place to wrap
+            if (TextShapingResult.Glyphs[endIndex].Codepoint != spaceCodepoint && TextShapingResult.Glyphs[endIndex + 1].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
+                return (endIndex, endIndex + 2);
+                
+            // find last space within the available text to wrap
+            var lastSpaceIndex = endIndex;
+
+            while (lastSpaceIndex >= startIndex)
             {
-                // 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;
+                if (TextShapingResult.Glyphs[lastSpaceIndex].Codepoint == spaceCodepoint)
+                    break;
 
-                // current line ends at word, next character is space, perfect place to wrap
-                if (text[textLength - 1] != space && text[textLength] == space)
-                    return textLength;
-                
-                // find last space within the available text to wrap
-                var lastSpaceIndex = text.Slice(0, textLength).LastIndexOf(space);
-
-                // text contains space that can be used to wrap
-                if (lastSpaceIndex > 0)
-                    return lastSpaceIndex;
-                
-                // 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 : null;
+                lastSpaceIndex--;
             }
+
+            // text contains space that can be used to wrap
+            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 ? (endIndex, endIndex + 1) : null;
         }
         
         public virtual void Draw(TextDrawingRequest request)
         {
             var fontMetrics = Style.ToFontMetrics();
 
-            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, Position.Zero, 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)
-                DrawLine(fontMetrics.UnderlinePosition.Value, fontMetrics.UnderlineThickness ?? 1);
+            {
+                var underlineOffset = Style.FontPosition == FontPosition.Superscript ? 0 : glyphOffsetY;
+                DrawLine(fontMetrics.UnderlinePosition.Value + underlineOffset, fontMetrics.UnderlineThickness ?? 1);
+            }
             
             // draw stroke
             if ((Style.HasStrikethrough ?? false) && fontMetrics.StrikeoutPosition.HasValue)
-                DrawLine(fontMetrics.StrikeoutPosition.Value, fontMetrics.StrikeoutThickness ?? 1);
-
+            {
+                var strikeoutThickness = fontMetrics.StrikeoutThickness ?? 1;
+                strikeoutThickness *= Style.FontPosition == FontPosition.Normal ? 1f : 0.625f;
+                
+                DrawLine(fontMetrics.StrikeoutPosition.Value + glyphOffsetY, strikeoutThickness);
+            }
+            
             void DrawLine(float offset, float thickness)
             {
-                request.Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(0, offset - thickness / 2f), new Size(request.TextSize.Width, thickness), Style.Color);
+                request.Canvas.DrawRectangle(new Position(0, offset), new Size(request.TextSize.Width, thickness), Style.Color);
+            }
+
+            float GetGlyphOffset()
+            {
+                var fontSize = Style.Size ?? 12f;
+
+                var offsetFactor = Style.FontPosition switch
+                {
+                    FontPosition.Normal => 0,
+                    FontPosition.Subscript => 0.1f,
+                    FontPosition.Superscript => -0.35f,
+                    _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
+                };
+
+                return fontSize * offsetFactor;
             }
         }
     }

QuestPDF/Elements/Text/TextBlock.cs

@@ -11,17 +11,33 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
     internal class TextBlock : Element, IStateResettable
     {
         public HorizontalAlignment Alignment { get; set; } = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
-        public List<ITextBlockItem> Items { get; set; } = new List<ITextBlockItem>();
+        public List<ITextBlockItem> Items { get; set; } = new();
+        public float ParagraphSpacing { get; set; } = 0;
 
         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; }
 
         public void ResetState()
         {
-            RenderingQueue = new Queue<ITextBlockItem>(Items);
+            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);
+            }
         }
 
         internal override SpacePlan Measure(Size availableSpace)
@@ -95,6 +111,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                 Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, line.LineHeight));
                 
                 heightOffset += line.LineHeight;
+
+                if (line.Elements.Last().Measurement.IsNewLine)
+                {
+                    heightOffset += ParagraphSpacing;
+                    Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, ParagraphSpacing));
+                }
             }
             
             Canvas.Translate(new Position(0, -heightOffset));
@@ -170,6 +192,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                         
                         StartIndex = currentItemIndex,
                         AvailableWidth = availableWidth - currentWidth,
+                        
+                        IsFirstElementInBlock = currentElement == Items.First(),
                         IsFirstElementInLine = !currentLineElements.Any()
                     };
                 

QuestPDF/Fluent/DynamicComponentExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
+{
+    public static class DynamicComponentExtensions
+    {
+        public static void Dynamic<TState>(this IContainer element, IDynamicComponent<TState> dynamicElement) where TState : struct
+        {
+            var componentProxy = DynamicComponentProxy.CreateFrom(dynamicElement);
+            element.Element(new DynamicHost(componentProxy));
+        }
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextExtensions.cs

@@ -40,10 +40,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
     
     public class TextDescriptor
     {
-        private ICollection<TextBlock> TextBlocks { get; } = new List<TextBlock>();
+        internal TextBlock TextBlock = new();
         private TextStyle DefaultStyle { get; set; } = TextStyle.Default;
         internal HorizontalAlignment Alignment { get; set; } = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
-        private float Spacing { get; set; } = 0f;
 
         public void DefaultTextStyle(TextStyle style)
         {
@@ -72,17 +71,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
 
         public void ParagraphSpacing(float value, Unit unit = Unit.Point)
         {
-            Spacing = value.ToPoints(unit);
+            TextBlock.ParagraphSpacing = value.ToPoints(unit);
         }
 
-        private void AddItemToLastTextBlock(ITextBlockItem item)
-        {
-            if (!TextBlocks.Any())
-                TextBlocks.Add(new TextBlock());
-            
-            TextBlocks.Last().Items.Add(item);
-        }
-        
         [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.")]
         public void Span(string? text, TextStyle style)
         {
@@ -96,28 +87,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
 
             if (text == null)
                 return descriptor;
- 
-            var items = text
-                .Replace("\r", string.Empty)
-                .Split(new[] { '\n' }, StringSplitOptions.None)
-                .Select(x => new TextBlockSpan
-                {
-                    Text = x,
-                    Style = style
-                })
-                .ToList();
-
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(items.First());
-
-            items
-                .Skip(1)
-                .Select(x => new TextBlock
-                {   
-                    Items = new List<ITextBlockItem> { x }
-                })
-                .ToList()
-                .ForEach(TextBlocks.Add);
-
+            
+            TextBlock.Items.Add(new TextBlockSpan
+            {
+                Text = text,
+                Style = style
+            });
+            
             return descriptor;
         }
 
@@ -135,9 +111,9 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         private TextPageNumberDescriptor PageNumber(Func<IPageContext, int?> pageNumber)
         {
             var style = DefaultStyle.Clone();
-            var descriptor = new TextPageNumberDescriptor(DefaultStyle);
+            var descriptor = new TextPageNumberDescriptor(style);
             
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(new TextBlockPageNumber
+            TextBlock.Items.Add(new TextBlockPageNumber
             {
                 Source = context => descriptor.FormatFunction(pageNumber(context)),
                 Style = style
@@ -174,7 +150,7 @@ 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)
@@ -185,7 +161,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         public TextSpanDescriptor SectionLink(string? text, string sectionName)
         {
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(sectionName))
-                throw new ArgumentException(nameof(sectionName));
+                throw new ArgumentException("Section name cannot be null or empty", nameof(sectionName));
 
             var style = DefaultStyle.Clone();
             var descriptor = new TextSpanDescriptor(style);
@@ -193,7 +169,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(text))
                 return descriptor;
             
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(new TextBlockSectionlLink
+            TextBlock.Items.Add(new TextBlockSectionLink
             {
                 Style = style,
                 Text = text,
@@ -212,7 +188,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         public TextSpanDescriptor Hyperlink(string? text, string url)
         {
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(url))
-                throw new ArgumentException(nameof(url));
+                throw new ArgumentException("Url cannot be null or empty", nameof(url));
 
             var style = DefaultStyle.Clone();
             var descriptor = new TextSpanDescriptor(style);
@@ -220,7 +196,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             if (IsNullOrEmpty(text))
                 return descriptor;
             
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(new TextBlockHyperlink
+            TextBlock.Items.Add(new TextBlockHyperlink
             {
                 Style = style,
                 Text = text,
@@ -240,26 +216,13 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             var container = new Container();
                 
-            AddItemToLastTextBlock(new TextBlockElement
+            TextBlock.Items.Add(new TextBlockElement
             {
                 Element = container
             });
             
             return container.AlignBottom().MinimalBox();
         }
-        
-        internal void Compose(IContainer container)
-        {
-            TextBlocks.ToList().ForEach(x => x.Alignment = Alignment);
-
-            container.DefaultTextStyle(DefaultStyle).Column(column =>
-            {
-                column.Spacing(Spacing);
-
-                foreach (var textBlock in TextBlocks)
-                    column.Item().Element(textBlock);
-            });
-        }
     }
     
     public static class TextExtensions
@@ -272,7 +235,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
                 descriptor.Alignment = alignment.Horizontal;
             
             content?.Invoke(descriptor);
-            descriptor.Compose(element);
+            element.Element(descriptor.TextBlock);
         }
         
         [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.")]

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextSpanDescriptorExtensions.cs

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
             return descriptor;
         }
 
+        public static T WrapAnywhere<T>(this T descriptor, bool value = true) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
+        {
+            descriptor.TextStyle.WrapAnywhere = value;
+            return descriptor;
+        }
+
         #region Weight
         
         public static T Weight<T>(this T descriptor, FontWeight weight) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
@@ -120,7 +126,30 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             return descriptor.Weight(FontWeight.ExtraBlack);
         }
-        
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Position
+        public static T NormalPosition<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
+        {
+            return descriptor.Position(FontPosition.Normal);
+        }
+
+        public static T Subscript<T>(this T descriptor) where T : TextSpanDescriptor
+        {
+            return descriptor.Position(FontPosition.Subscript);
+        }
+
+        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;
+            return descriptor;
+        }
         #endregion
     }
 }

QuestPDF/Fluent/TextStyleExtensions.cs

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             return style.Mutate(x => x.HasUnderline = value);
         }
+        
+        public static TextStyle WrapAnywhere(this TextStyle style, bool value = true)
+        {
+            return style.Mutate(x => x.WrapAnywhere = value);
+        }
 
         #region Weight
         
@@ -128,7 +133,32 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Fluent
         {
             return style.Weight(FontWeight.ExtraBlack);
         }
-        
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Position
+        public static TextStyle NormalPosition(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return style.Position(FontPosition.Normal);
+        }
+
+        public static TextStyle Subscript(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return style.Position(FontPosition.Subscript);
+        }
+
+        public static TextStyle Superscript(this TextStyle style)
+        {
+            return style.Position(FontPosition.Superscript);
+        }
+
+        private static TextStyle Position(this TextStyle style, FontPosition fontPosition)
+        {
+            if (style.FontPosition == fontPosition)
+                return style;
+
+            return style.Mutate(t => t.FontPosition = fontPosition);
+        }
         #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(0);
         
         #region Word Cache
 

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/FontPosition.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
+{
+    internal enum FontPosition
+    {
+        Normal,
+        Subscript,
+        Superscript,
+    }
+}

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/IDynamicComponent.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using System;
+using QuestPDF.Elements;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
+{
+    internal class DynamicComponentProxy
+    {
+        internal Action<object> SetState { get; private set; }
+        internal Func<object> GetState { get; private set; }
+        internal Func<DynamicContext, DynamicComponentComposeResult> Compose { get; private set; }
+        
+        internal static DynamicComponentProxy CreateFrom<TState>(IDynamicComponent<TState> component) where TState : struct
+        {
+            return new DynamicComponentProxy
+            {
+                GetState = () => component.State,
+                SetState = x => component.State = (TState)x,
+                Compose = component.Compose
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class DynamicComponentComposeResult
+    {
+        public IElement Content { get; set; }
+        public bool HasMoreContent { get; set; }
+    }
+    
+    public interface IDynamicComponent<TState> where TState : struct
+    {
+        TState State { get; set; }
+        DynamicComponentComposeResult Compose(DynamicContext context);
+    }
+}

QuestPDF/Infrastructure/TextStyle.cs

@@ -13,26 +13,34 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
         internal float? Size { get; set; }
         internal float? LineHeight { 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 object PaintKey { get; private set; }
         internal object FontMetricsKey { get; private set; }
         
-        internal static TextStyle LibraryDefault => new TextStyle
+        // REVIEW: Should this be a method call that news up a TextStyle,
+        // or can it be a static variable?
+        // (style mutations seem to create a clone anyway)
+        internal static readonly TextStyle LibraryDefault = new TextStyle
         {
             Color = Colors.Black,
             BackgroundColor = Colors.Transparent,
-            FontFamily = Fonts.Calibri,
+            FontFamily = Fonts.Lato,
             Size = 12,
             LineHeight = 1.2f,
             FontWeight = Infrastructure.FontWeight.Normal,
+            FontPosition = Infrastructure.FontPosition.Normal,
             IsItalic = false,
             HasStrikethrough = false,
-            HasUnderline = false
+            HasUnderline = false,
+            WrapAnywhere = false
         };
 
+        // it is important to create new instances for the DefaultTextStyle element to work correctly
         public static TextStyle Default => new TextStyle();
         
         internal void ApplyGlobalStyle(TextStyle globalStyle)
@@ -43,7 +51,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
             HasGlobalStyleApplied = true;
 
             ApplyParentStyle(globalStyle);
-            PaintKey ??= (FontFamily, Size, FontWeight, IsItalic, Color);
+            PaintKey ??= (FontFamily, Size, FontWeight, FontPosition, IsItalic, Color);
             FontMetricsKey ??= (FontFamily, Size, FontWeight, IsItalic);
         }
         
@@ -55,9 +63,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
             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)
@@ -68,9 +78,11 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Infrastructure
             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()

QuestPDF/Previewer/ExceptionDocument.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+using System;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Fluent;
+using QuestPDF.Helpers;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+using SkiaSharp;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
+{
+    public class ExceptionDocument : IDocument
+    {
+        private Exception Exception { get; }
+    
+        public ExceptionDocument(Exception exception)
+        {
+            Exception = exception;
+        }
+    
+        public DocumentMetadata GetMetadata()
+        {
+            return DocumentMetadata.Default;
+        }
+
+        public void Compose(IDocumentContainer document)
+        {
+            document.Page(page =>
+            {
+                page.ContinuousSize(PageSizes.A4.Width);
+                page.Margin(50);
+                page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(16));
+
+                page.Foreground().PaddingTop(5).Border(10).BorderColor(Colors.Red.Medium);
+                
+                page.Header()
+                    .ShowOnce()
+                    .PaddingBottom(5)
+                    .Row(row =>
+                    {
+                        row.Spacing(15);
+                        
+                        row.AutoItem()
+                            .PaddingTop(15)
+                            .Width(48)
+                            .AspectRatio(1)
+                            .Canvas((canvas, size) =>
+                            {
+                                const float iconSize = 24;
+                                using var iconPath = SKPath.ParseSvgPathData("M23,12L20.56,14.78L20.9,18.46L17.29,19.28L15.4,22.46L12,21L8.6,22.47L6.71,19.29L3.1,18.47L3.44,14.78L1,12L3.44,9.21L3.1,5.53L6.71,4.72L8.6,1.54L12,3L15.4,1.54L17.29,4.72L20.9,5.54L20.56,9.22L23,12M20.33,12L18.5,9.89L18.74,7.1L16,6.5L14.58,4.07L12,5.18L9.42,4.07L8,6.5L5.26,7.09L5.5,9.88L3.67,12L5.5,14.1L5.26,16.9L8,17.5L9.42,19.93L12,18.81L14.58,19.92L16,17.5L18.74,16.89L18.5,14.1L20.33,12M11,15H13V17H11V15M11,7H13V13H11V7");
+                                
+                                using var paint = new SKPaint()
+                                { 
+                                    Color = SKColors.Red,
+                                    IsAntialias = true
+                                };
+                                
+                                canvas.Scale(size.Width / iconSize);
+                                canvas.DrawPath(iconPath, paint);
+                            });
+                        
+                        row.RelativeItem()
+                            .Column(column =>
+                            {
+                                column.Item().Text("Exception").FontSize(36).FontColor(Colors.Red.Medium).Bold();
+                                column.Item().PaddingTop(-10).Text("Don't panic! Just analyze what's happened...").FontSize(18).FontColor(Colors.Red.Medium).Bold();
+                            }); 
+                    });
+
+                page.Content().PaddingVertical(20).Column(column =>
+                {
+                    var currentException = Exception;
+                    
+                    while (currentException != null)
+                    {
+                        column.Item()
+                            .PaddingTop(25)
+                            .PaddingBottom(15)
+                            
+                            .Padding(-10)
+                            .Background(Colors.Grey.Lighten3)
+                            .Padding(10)
+                            
+                            .Text(text =>
+                            {
+                                text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(16));
+
+                                text.Span(currentException.GetType().Name + ": ").Bold();
+                                text.Span(currentException.Message);
+                            });
+                        
+                        foreach (var trace in currentException.StackTrace.Split('\n'))
+                        {
+                            column
+                                .Item()
+                                .ShowEntire()
+                                .BorderBottom(1)
+                                .BorderColor(Colors.Grey.Lighten2)
+                                .PaddingVertical(5)
+                                .Text(trace.Trim())
+                                .FontSize(12);
+                        }
+                        
+                        currentException = currentException.InnerException;
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+        }
+    }   
+}

QuestPDF/Previewer/HotReloadManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-[assembly: System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataUpdateHandler(typeof(QuestPDF.Previewer.HotReloadManager))]
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+
+using System;
+
+[assembly: System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataUpdateHandler(typeof(QuestPDF.Previewer.HotReloadManager))]
 
 namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
 {
@@ -15,3 +19,5 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
         }
     }
 }
+
+#endif

QuestPDF/Previewer/PreviewerExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
+{
+    public static class Extensions
+    {
+        public static void ShowInPreviewer(this IDocument document, int port = 12500)
+        {
+            document.ShowInPreviewerAsync(port).ConfigureAwait(true).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        }
+        
+        public static async Task ShowInPreviewerAsync(this IDocument document, int port = 12500)
+        {
+            var previewerService = new PreviewerService(port);
+            
+            using var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            previewerService.OnPreviewerStopped += () => cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
+            
+            await previewerService.Connect();
+            await RefreshPreview();
+            
+            HotReloadManager.UpdateApplicationRequested += (_, _) => RefreshPreview();
+            
+            await WaitForPreviewerExit(cancellationTokenSource.Token);
+            
+            Task RefreshPreview()
+            {
+                var pictures = GetPictures();
+                return previewerService.RefreshPreview(pictures);
+                
+                ICollection<PreviewerPicture> GetPictures()
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        return DocumentGenerator.GeneratePreviewerPictures(document);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception exception)
+                    {
+                        var exceptionDocument = new ExceptionDocument(exception);
+                        return DocumentGenerator.GeneratePreviewerPictures(exceptionDocument);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            async Task WaitForPreviewerExit(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            {
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        return;
+                
+                    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), cancellationToken);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif

QuestPDF/Previewer/PreviewerRefreshCommand.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
+
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
+{
+    internal class PreviewerRefreshCommand
+    {
+        public ICollection<Page> Pages { get; set; }
+
+        public class Page
+        {
+            public string Id { get; } = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
+            
+            public float Width { get; init; }
+            public float Height { get; init; }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif

QuestPDF/Previewer/PreviewerService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using QuestPDF.Drawing;
+
+namespace QuestPDF.Previewer
+{
+    internal class PreviewerService
+    {
+        private int Port { get; }
+        private HttpClient HttpClient { get; }
+        
+        public  event Action? OnPreviewerStopped;
+
+        private const int RequiredPreviewerVersionMajor = 2022;
+        private const int RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor = 8;
+        
+        public PreviewerService(int port)
+        {
+            Port = port;
+            HttpClient = new()
+            {
+                BaseAddress = new Uri($"http://localhost:{port}/"), 
+                Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)
+            };
+        }
+
+        public async Task Connect()
+        {
+            var isAvailable = await IsPreviewerAvailable();
+
+            if (!isAvailable)
+            {
+                StartPreviewer();
+                await WaitForConnection();
+            }
+            
+            var previewerVersion = await GetPreviewerVersion();
+            CheckVersionCompatibility(previewerVersion);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<bool> IsPreviewerAvailable()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using var result = await HttpClient.GetAsync("/ping");
+                return result.IsSuccessStatusCode;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        private async Task<Version> GetPreviewerVersion()
+        {
+            using var result = await HttpClient.GetAsync("/version");
+            return await result.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<Version>();
+        }
+        
+        private void StartPreviewer()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var process = new Process
+                {
+                    StartInfo = new()
+                    {
+                        FileName = "questpdf-previewer",
+                        Arguments = $"{Port}",
+                        UseShellExecute = false,
+                        CreateNoWindow = true
+                    }
+                };
+                
+                process.Start();
+
+                Task.Run(async () =>
+                {
+                    await process.WaitForExitAsync();
+                    process.Dispose();
+                    OnPreviewerStopped?.Invoke();
+                });
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Cannot start the QuestPDF Previewer tool. " +
+                                    "Please install it by executing in terminal the following command: 'dotnet tool install --global QuestPDF.Previewer'.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void CheckVersionCompatibility(Version version)
+        {
+            if (version.Major == RequiredPreviewerVersionMajor && version.Minor == RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor)
+                return;
+            
+            throw new Exception($"Previewer version is not compatible. Possible solutions: " +
+                                $"1) Update the QuestPDF library to newer version. " +
+                                $"2) Update the QuestPDF previewer tool using the following command: 'dotnet tool update --global QuestPDF.Previewer --version {RequiredPreviewerVersionMajor}.{RequiredPreviewerVersionMinor}'");
+        }
+        
+        private async Task WaitForConnection()
+        {
+            using var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            cancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+            
+            var cancellationToken = cancellationTokenSource.Token; 
+            
+            while (true)
+            {
+                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250));
+
+                if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                    throw new Exception($"Cannot connect to the QuestPDF Previewer tool. Please make sure that your Operating System does not block HTTP connections on port {Port}.");
+
+                var isConnected = await IsPreviewerAvailable();
+
+                if (isConnected)
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        public async Task RefreshPreview(ICollection<PreviewerPicture> pictures)
+        {
+            using var multipartContent = new MultipartFormDataContent();
+
+            var pages = new List<PreviewerRefreshCommand.Page>();
+            
+            foreach (var picture in pictures)
+            {
+                var page = new PreviewerRefreshCommand.Page
+                {
+                    Width = picture.Size.Width,
+                    Height = picture.Size.Height
+                };
+                
+                pages.Add(page);
+
+                var pictureStream = picture.Picture.Serialize().AsStream();
+                multipartContent.Add(new StreamContent(pictureStream), page.Id, page.Id);
+            }
+
+            var command = new PreviewerRefreshCommand
+            {
+                Pages = pages
+            };
+            
+            multipartContent.Add(JsonContent.Create(command), "command");
+
+            using var _ = await HttpClient.PostAsync("/update/preview", multipartContent);
+
+            foreach (var picture in pictures)
+                picture.Picture.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif

QuestPDF/QuestPDF.csproj

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
     <PropertyGroup>
         <Authors>MarcinZiabek</Authors>
         <Company>CodeFlint</Company>
         <PackageId>QuestPDF</PackageId>
-        <Version>2022.3.1</Version>
+        <Version>2202.8.2</Version>
         <PackageDescription>QuestPDF is an open-source, modern and battle-tested library that can help you with generating PDF documents by offering friendly, discoverable and predictable C# fluent API.</PackageDescription>
         <PackageReleaseNotes>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/Resources/ReleaseNotes.txt"))</PackageReleaseNotes>
         <LangVersion>9</LangVersion>
@@ -24,7 +23,16 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-      <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.3" />
+      <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.80.4" />
+      <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz" Version="2.80.4" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="DynamicProxyGenAssembly2" />
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="QuestPDF.ReportSample" />
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="QuestPDF.UnitTests" />
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="QuestPDF.Examples" />
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="QuestPDF.Previewer" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
@@ -36,6 +44,25 @@
         <Visible>false</Visible>
         <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
       </None>
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Black.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Black.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-BlackItalic.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-BlackItalic.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Bold.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Bold.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-BoldItalic.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-BoldItalic.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Italic.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Italic.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Light.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Light.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-LightItalic.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-LightItalic.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Regular.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Regular.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Thin.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-Thin.ttf" />
+      <None Remove="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-ThinItalic.ttf" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\DefaultFont\Lato-ThinItalic.ttf" />
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-
 </Project>