We’ve spent a lot of time making sure that fonts inside PDFs look good when run through our PDF to HTML5 converter. In the process, we’ve learned a lot about how to make sure fonts look good in HTML5. Here’s our top 5 tips! 1. If possible, use TrueType outlines Most modern font formats are…
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Top 4 problems in PDF CFF Fonts (and we fixed them for our HTML5 conversion)
One of the most common of the many font formats PDFs support is the Compact Font Format (CFF, also known as Type 2) – a condensed version of Adobe’s Type 1. CFF is not supported directly by browsers, but can be wrapped in OpenType (and derivatives like WOFF and EOT) along with a number…
Online PDF to HTML5 and SVG converter gets a new home
Two years ago we setup a version of our PDF to HTML5 converter as a free online service running on the GlassFish Application Server. We put a simple web front-end on it and also created a simple address for it http://convert.idrsolutions.com. The idea was to provide a free service for people looking to convert small numbers of…
The Open Journal Project and PDF to HTML5: Removing the barriers
In a change from the usual blog posts, today we have a guest blog post from Jake Spicer from Engineers Without Borders, an Australian-based not-for-profit organisation creating systemic change through humanitarian engineering. Many thanks to Jake Spicer and everyone at Engineers Without Borders for taking the time to share why HTML5 Conversions help to benefit…
PDF to HTML5 conversion – Extracting PDF text and mapping glyphs
Text works differently in PDFs and in HTML files, which can make it a surprisingly complex problem to get great output during PDF to HTML5 conversion. PDF text is actually two entirely separate values – a value for choosing what glyph to display (display value), and a value for extraction (extraction value). You might find…
