With our August release of JPedal we have added a new option to improve the rendering of shapes with our library. This was done by supporting Soft Clipping, a form of clipping not supported in Java’s rendering methods. Until now we have been using Hard Clipping and would modify the clip to give the best…
After much hard work we are proud to announce that we have added PDF Portfolio support to JPedal. You may not have heard of PDF Portfolios despite them being in the specification since version 1.7. So let me explain what a PDF Portfolio file is. What is a PDF Portfolio? A PDF Portfolio is a…
JPedal has come a long way since its inception way back in 1999. The library has grown during this time in some surprising ways leading us to the point we are at now with all of our products. With each addition to our list of updates and features we have improved the JPedal Java PDF library substantially…
In a previous blog post we announced our plans to move make Java8 the minimum version of Java we support from 2017. After that date all our products will require Java8 (or above). This blog post is to remind you of the timing and reasons for the change. Choosing which Java version is always a…
In the latest version of the JPedal Java PDF Library, we implemented new features allowing you to create and edit annotations on your PDF files. Here’s a quick summary of what we’ve been up to: Creating annotations We’ve added a new tab to the sidebar, labelled “Annotations”. From here, you can select a variety of…
