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+<?php
+//============================================================+
+// File name   : example_057.php
+// Begin       : 2010-04-03
+// Last Update : 2010-04-06
+//
+// Description : Example 057 for TCPDF class
+//               Cell vertical alignments
+//
+// Author: Nicola Asuni
+//
+// (c) Copyright:
+//               Nicola Asuni
+//               Tecnick.com s.r.l.
+//               Via Della Pace, 11
+//               09044 Quartucciu (CA)
+//               ITALY
+//               www.tecnick.com
+//               info@tecnick.com
+//============================================================+
+
+/**
+ * Creates an example PDF TEST document using TCPDF
+ * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
+ * @abstract TCPDF - Example: Cell vertical alignments
+ * @author Nicola Asuni
+ * @copyright 2004-2009 Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com S.r.l (www.tecnick.com) Via Della Pace, 11 - 09044 - Quartucciu (CA) - ITALY - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
+ * @link http://tcpdf.org
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html LGPL
+ * @since 2008-03-04
+ */
+
+require_once('../config/lang/eng.php');
+require_once('../tcpdf.php');
+
+// create new PDF document
+$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
+
+// set document information
+$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
+$pdf->SetAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
+$pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 057');
+$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
+$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');
+
+// set default header data
+$pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE, PDF_HEADER_STRING);
+
+// set header and footer fonts
+$pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));
+$pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));
+
+// set default monospaced font
+$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);
+
+//set margins
+$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
+$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(PDF_MARGIN_HEADER);
+$pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);
+
+//set auto page breaks
+$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
+
+//set image scale factor
+$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
+
+//set some language-dependent strings
+$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+// set font
+$pdf->SetFont('helvetica', '', 14);
+
+// add a page
+$pdf->AddPage();
+
+$pdf->setCellHeightRatio(3);
+
+$pdf->SetXY(17, 50);
+
+$pdf->Cell(35, 0, 'Cell Top', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T');
+$pdf->Cell(35, 0, 'Font Top', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'A');
+$pdf->Cell(35, 0, 'Font Baseline', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'L');
+$pdf->Cell(35, 0, 'Font Bottom', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'D');
+$pdf->Cell(35, 0, 'Cell Bottom', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'B');
+
+
+
+$pdf->SetXY(30, 70);
+
+$pdf->Cell(50, 0, 'Text Top', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T', 'T');
+$pdf->Cell(50, 0, 'Text Center', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T', 'M');
+$pdf->Cell(50, 0, 'Text Bottom', 1, $ln=0, 'C', 0, '', 0, false, 'T', 'B');
+
+
+$linestyle = array('width' => 0.1, 'cap' => 'butt', 'join' => 'miter', 'dash' => '', 'phase' => 0, 'color' => array(255, 0, 0));
+$pdf->Line(15, 50, 195, 50, $linestyle);
+
+// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+// reset pointer to the last page
+$pdf->lastPage();
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+//Close and output PDF document
+$pdf->Output('example_057.pdf', 'I');
+
+//============================================================+
+// END OF FILE
+//============================================================+
+?>