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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How are Text spaces created in a PDF file?

Did you know that PDF files can actually define spaces in several different ways? Three common ways I have found of representing spaces between...
Kieran France
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PDF to HTML5 conversion – video

The PDF file format allows you to embed video directly inside a PDF file. So, I wondered, how easy would it be to write...
Mark Stephens
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How does TrueType Hinting work?

TrueType hinting use a program inside the TrueType file to modify the outlines for fonts. This allows it to do clever things like optimise...
Sam Howard
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How to Convert CCITT data to TIFF image (Tutorial)

What is CCITT data? CCITT is used to compress black and white image data. Using Huffman encoding, the data is squeezed into a much...
Mark Stephens
1 min read

How does CCITT compress image data?

How does CCITT compression work? CCITT encodes black and white data. It does this by encoding runs of black or white pixels. We can...
Mark Stephens
3 min read

How to extract JPG data from PDF

Overview It is actually possible to extract some raw images from the PDF file. In general, images do not exist inside a PDF file...
Mark Stephens
1 min read