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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Where do PDF viewers get font data for non-embedded…

What are Standard fonts? One of the reasons that the PDF file format is so popular is that it embeds a large amount of...
Mark Stephens
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Understanding PDF text objects

Understanding PDF Text Objects Inside a PDF is a Postscript stream of commands which describe the page – they draw the text, images or...
Mark Stephens
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How to calculate PDF page size in inches or…

PDF page size is generally defined by the CropBox or MediaBox setting for each page. This is the number of pixels. This provides a...
Mark Stephens
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What is a Linearized PDF?

A linearized PDF is a special way to organize a PDF file. In general, the PDF is a very elegant and well-designed format. A...
Mark Stephens
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How to print PDF files from Java (Tutorial)

Printing PDF files from Java is something that raises a lot of general questions, so this short article is a general guide to the...
Mark Stephens
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How to handle corrupt PDF files

There are several ways to corrupt (or break) a PDF file:- Common issues with corrupted PDF files Broken xref table Corrupted COS objects Content...
Sam Howard
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