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87 lines
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[](https://www.questpdf.com)
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[](https://www.questpdf.com/getting-started.html)
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[](https://www.questpdf.com/api-reference/index.html)
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[](https://www.questpdf.com/design-patterns.html)
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[](https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF/stargazers)
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[](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)
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[](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)
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### QuestPDF is a modern open-source .NET library for PDF document generation. Offering comprehensive layout engine powered by concise and discoverable C# Fluent API. Easily generate PDF documents, reports, invoices, exports etc.
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👨💻 Design PDF documents using C# and employ a code-only approach. Utilize your version control system to its fullest potential.
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🧱 Compose PDF document with a range of powerful and predictable structural elements, such as text, image, border, table, and many more.
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⚙️ Utilize a comprehensive layout engine, specifically designed for PDF document generation and paging support.
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📖 Write code using concise and easy-to-understand C# Fluent API. Utilize IntelliSense to quickly discover available options.
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🔗 Don't be limited to any proprietary scripting language or format. Follow your experience and leverage all modern C# features.
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⌛ Save time thanks to a hot-reload capability, allowing real-time PDF document preview without code recompilation.
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## Simplicity is the key
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How easy it is to start and prototype with QuestPDF? Really easy thanks to its minimal API! Please analyse the code below that generates basic PDF document:
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```csharp
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using QuestPDF.Fluent;
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using QuestPDF.Helpers;
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using QuestPDF.Infrastructure;
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// code in your main method
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Document.Create(container =>
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{
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container.Page(page =>
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{
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page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
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page.Margin(2, Unit.Centimetre);
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page.Background(Colors.White);
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page.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.FontSize(20));
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page.Header()
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.Text("Hello PDF!")
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.SemiBold().FontSize(36).FontColor(Colors.Blue.Medium);
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page.Content()
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.PaddingVertical(1, Unit.Centimetre)
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.Column(x =>
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{
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x.Spacing(20);
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x.Item().Text(Placeholders.LoremIpsum());
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x.Item().Image(Placeholders.Image(200, 100));
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});
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page.Footer()
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.AlignCenter()
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.Text(x =>
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{
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x.Span("Page ");
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x.CurrentPageNumber();
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});
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});
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})
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.GeneratePdf("hello.pdf");
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```
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## Let's get started
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Begin exploring the QuestPDF library today. You are 250 lines of C# code away from creating a fully functional PDF invoice implementation.
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Read the Getting Started tutorial to familiarize yourself with general library architecture, important layout structures as well as to better understand helpful patterns and practices.
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Easily start designing your PDF documents, reports, invoices, exports and even more.
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[](https://www.questpdf.com/getting-started)
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