diff --git a/pdf/pom.xml b/pdf/pom.xml
index ce07676..60cc1ef 100644
--- a/pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/pdf/pom.xml
@@ -63,5 +63,9 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFTemplate.java b/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFTemplate.java
index 1e4778c..a260066 100644
--- a/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFTemplate.java
+++ b/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFTemplate.java
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ public class PDFTemplate {
         this.template = template;
         this.dataModel = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     }
+    
+    public void addToDatamodel (String key, Object value) {
+        this.dataModel.put (key, value); 
+    }
 
     public void create(String filenName) throws ConfigurationException, IOException {
         Writer out = new StringWriter();
diff --git a/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/TableContent.java b/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/TableContent.java
index 09fff8e..745214d 100644
--- a/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/TableContent.java
+++ b/pdf/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/TableContent.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package de.muehlencord.shared.pdf;
 
 import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -13,22 +15,58 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
 public class TableContent extends Content {
 
     @Expose
-    Font headerFont;
+    private final Font headerFont;
 
     @Expose
-    List<Object> header;
+    private List<Text> header;
+    @Expose
+    private List<Integer> colSizes = null;
 
     @Expose
-    List<List<Object>> data;
+    private List<List<Text>> data = null;
+        
 
-    public TableContent(PDFDocument doc, int x, int y) {
+    public TableContent(PDFDocument doc, Font hf, int x, int y) {
         super(doc, x, y);
+        this.headerFont = hf;
+    }
+    
+    public void setHeader (List<String> headers, List<Integer> cols) {
+        header = new ArrayList<>();
+        headers.stream().forEach((cellText) -> {
+            header.add (new Text (cellText));
+        });
+        colSizes = new ArrayList<>();
+        cols.stream().forEach((col) -> {
+            colSizes.add (col);
+        });
+    }
+    
+    public void addLine (List<String> values) {
+        if (data == null) {
+            data = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        values.stream().forEach((cellText) -> {
+            header.add (new Text (cellText));
+        });
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void addContentToPdf(PDRectangle rect, PDPageContentStream cos) throws IOException, ConfigurationException {        
         cos.beginText();
-        cos.newLineAtOffset(x,y);
+        
+        PDFont hFont = document.getFont(headerFont.getFontName());
+        
+        cos.endText();
+//         cos.showText("Telefon:");
+//         cos.newLineAtOffset(tabSize, 0);
+//         cos.showText("05257 / 1234567");
+//         cos.newLineAtOffset(tabSize * -1, -14); // leading
+//         cos.showText("Fax:");
+//         cos.newLineAtOffset(tabSize, 0);
+//         cos.showText("05257 / 1234567");
+//         cos.newLineAtOffset(tabSize * -1, -14); // leading
+        
     }
 
     /* *** getter / setter *** */
@@ -36,8 +74,4 @@ public class TableContent extends Content {
         return headerFont;
     }
 
-    public void setHeaderFont(Font headerFont) {
-        this.headerFont = headerFont;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java b/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java
index 9dfaf62..17785a9 100644
--- a/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java
+++ b/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFDocumentTest.java
@@ -1,29 +1,43 @@
 package de.muehlencord.shared.pdf;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+import freemarker.template.Template;
+import freemarker.template.TemplateExceptionHandler;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.FixMethodOrder;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
  *
  * @author jomu
  */
+@FixMethodOrder
 public class PDFDocumentTest {
 
     private static Gson gson;
 
+    private String jsonString = null;
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUpClass() {
         gson = GsonUtil.getGsonInstance();
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testToJson() {
+    public void testToJson() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ConfigurationException {
         System.out.println("testToJson");
         PDFDocument doc = new PDFDocument();
         doc.addFont("bold", new Font("Helvetica-Bold", 12, 2));
         doc.addFont("helv12", new Font("Helvetica", 12, 2));
-                
+
         doc.setPaperSize(PaperSize.A4);
         TextContent addressContent = new TextContent(doc, 40, 692, "Max Mustermann")
                 .addLine("Musterstraße 123")
@@ -36,14 +50,43 @@ public class PDFDocumentTest {
                 .addLine("Wir danken für den Auftrag und bitten um Erledigung der folgenden Anzeigenabrechnung");
         doc.addContent(invoiceInfoInformation);
 
-        TextContent informationContent = new TextContent(doc, 400, 662);                
-        informationContent.addLine ("Anzeigenabrechnung", "bold");
-        informationContent.addLine ("Veronika Mühlencord", "helv12");
-        informationContent.addLine ("Telefon: 05257/940154", "helv12");
-        informationContent.addLine ("Telefax: 05257/940156", "helv12");
-        doc.addContent (informationContent); 
+        TextContent informationContent = new TextContent(doc, 400, 662);
+        informationContent.addLine("Anzeigenabrechnung", "bold");
+        informationContent.addLine("Veronika Mühlencord", "helv12");
+        informationContent.addLine("Telefon: 05257/940154", "helv12");
+        informationContent.addLine("Telefax: 05257/940156", "helv12");
+        informationContent.addLine();
+        informationContent.addLine("Hövelhof, den ${invoiceDate?date}", "bold");
+        doc.addContent(informationContent);
+        
+        
+        TableContent informationContent2 = new TableContent (doc, doc.getStandardFont(), 400, 500);
+        List<String> headers = new ArrayList<>();
+        headers.add("Kunden-Nr");
+        headers.add("${customer.customerNumber}"); 
+        List<Integer> colSize = new ArrayList<>();
+        colSize.add (100);
+        colSize.add (100);         
+        informationContent2.setHeader(headers, colSize);
 
-        System.out.println(gson.toJson(doc));
+        jsonString = gson.toJson(doc);
+        System.out.println(jsonString);
+
+        File file = new File("c:/temp/test.ftlh");
+        FileUtils.writeStringToFile(file, jsonString, "UTF-8");
+        
+        
+        // create pdf
+        Configuration cfg = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_24);
+        cfg.setDirectoryForTemplateLoading(new File("c:/temp"));
+        cfg.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8");
+        cfg.setTemplateExceptionHandler(TemplateExceptionHandler.RETHROW_HANDLER);
+        cfg.setLogTemplateExceptions(false);
+
+        Template template = cfg.getTemplate("test.ftlh");        
+        PDFTemplate pdfDoc = new PDFTemplate(template);
+        pdfDoc.addToDatamodel("invoiceDate", new Date());
+        pdfDoc.create("c:/temp/test.pdf");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFTemplateTest.java b/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFTemplateTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 660324a..0000000
--- a/pdf/src/test/java/de/muehlencord/shared/pdf/PDFTemplateTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package de.muehlencord.shared.pdf;
-
-import freemarker.template.Configuration;
-import freemarker.template.Template;
-import freemarker.template.TemplateExceptionHandler;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- *
- * @author jomu
- */
-public class PDFTemplateTest {
-    
-    @Test
-    // @Ignore // TODO get template from test resources
-    public void testCreate() throws IOException, ConfigurationException {
-        Configuration cfg = new Configuration(Configuration.VERSION_2_3_24);
-        cfg.setDirectoryForTemplateLoading(new File("c:/temp"));
-        cfg.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8");
-        cfg.setTemplateExceptionHandler(TemplateExceptionHandler.RETHROW_HANDLER);
-        cfg.setLogTemplateExceptions(false);
-        
-        Template template = cfg.getTemplate("test.ftlh");
-        
-        PDFTemplate doc = new PDFTemplate(template);  
-        doc.create ("c:/temp/test.pdf"); 
-    }
-    
-}