public void addColumn(PdfWriter writer, Rectangle rect, boolean useAscender)
throws DocumentException {
rect.setBorder(Rectangle.BOX);
rect.setBorderWidth(0.5f);
rect.setBorderColor(BaseColor.RED);
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
cb.rectangle(rect);
Phrase p = new Phrase("This text is added at the top of the column.");
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
ct.setSimpleColumn(rect);
ct.setUseAscender(useAscender);
ct.addText(p);
ct.go();
}
