Invented by Adobe Systems over 20 years ago, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed.

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What are ICCBased Colorspaces in PDF files?

I introduced how PDF Color works in a previous article. There are lots of different types of Colorspaces to suit all occasions. One of...
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What is a PDF dictionary?

The basis of a PDF file is a set of linked PDF objects, and the key part of a PDF object is the PDF...
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What are CID fonts?

There are 2 main font technologies used in PDF font files (Postscript/Type1 and Truetype). There is also a ‘merged’ format which borrows features from...
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How is text stored in a PDF file?

Text is defined in PDF files by a Font object and a set of TJ commands. So you will see something like this in...
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How does image color depth work in PDF files?

This article is all about color in PDF images, and exactly what the depth of an image means in practice. All PDF images will...
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What is an Indexed Colorspace in a PDF file?

Indexed colorspaces are a very useful way of reducing the amount of memory and space needed when they only have a certain number of...
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