Mark Stephens Follow Mark Stephens has been working with Java and PDF since 1999 and has diversified into HTML5, SVG and JavaFX. He also enjoys speaking at conferences and has been a Speaker at user groups, Business of Software, Seybold and JavaOne conferences. He has a very dry sense of humor and an MA in Medieval History for which he has not yet found a practical use.

Why use PDF as a file format

September 14, 2010 22 sec read

A lot of people ask why the PDF file format is so popular? After all, it can be very hard to edit it. Well, I was going to write an entry to explain but Duff Johnson has already published a really eloquent article explaining exactly why so I will recommend that. Do you agree with him?

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