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February 2026 by PDF Association staff
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PDF’s stakeholders and developers span the globe. Here, we visualize the community’s reach.


January 2026 by Patrick Gallot (Datalogics)
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Join us for this webinar to discuss ideas for reinventing 3D PDFs. We’ll explore how to make 3D PDFs better, … Read more


December 2025 by Diana Kosovac (PDFix)
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We analyzed PDF/UA-1 validation results across multiple commonly used tools using 155 reference files. This article shares key observations to … Read more


December 2025 by Anne Lazarakis (Iron Software)
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Developers rarely ask about PDF standards upfront, until an accessibility audit fails or a government contract demands it. By then, … Read more


December 2025 by Peter Wyatt
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We report on the technical aspects of the PDF files released by the US Department of Justice in connection with … Read more


December 2025 by Duff Johnson
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I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and CoPilot about PDF’s future. They agree that PDF isn’t fading – it’s becoming infrastructure.

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February 2026 by PDF Association staff
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Adobe has renewed its Standards Support Endowment for 2026, marking the 8th year of this program.


February 2026 by PDF Association staff
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PDF Week Online brings together PDF’s technical community to advance industry projects. All members are welcome to attend!


January 2026 by PDF Association staff
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Following PDF Week Online in February, PDF Week London 2026 is the second of three PDF Association events in 2026.


January 2026 by PDF Association staff
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The new product showcase helps users explore the variety of products and services provided by PDF Association members!


December 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Has it been a year already? Let’s recap developments in 2025.


December 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Discover our new PDF merch shop! Order branded apparel and accessories for delivery worldwide.

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PDF Association members post updates on their software and services.


January 2026 by Guust Ysebie (iText)
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After 30 years of Deflate, PDFs are finally upgrading. Brotli will soon enter the PDF spec, delivering 15–25% smaller files … Read more


January 2026 by Eric Shore (Datalogics)
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pdfAssistant.ai expands PDF optimization with AI-powered flattening of transparencies, layers, and annotations to ensure print-ready, secure, and consistent documents.


January 2026 by Oliver Grahl (GRAHL software design)
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PDF Annotator Version 10 is a major update that introduces a modern user interface, significantly improved performance, and many new … Read more


January 2026 by Superace Software Technologies Co., Ltd.
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UPDF, Superace’s all-in-one AI-powered PDF solution, has been named a G2 Leader and ranked among the Top 4 PDF Editors … Read more


January 2026 by Dual Lab sprl
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Dual Lab is proud to announce the new release of the web application ngPDF. The application demonstrates the implementation of the derivation … Read more


December 2025 by Dual Lab sprl
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Dual Lab is glad to announce a new PDF Accessibility Checker available immediately for tests and download.

PDF in the Wild

Our (occasionally lighthearted) monthly post covering items of interest to PDF’s technical community.


January 2026 by PDF Association staff
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HuggingFace echoes SafeDocs with new PDF datasets | Chrome does NOT sign or annotate your PDF! | ONIX application note … Read more


December 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Chrome’s U-turn on JPEG-XL – thanks (in part) to PDF! | PDF errata makeover | ZUGFeRD 2.4 / Factur-X 1.08 … Read more


November 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Browsers leverage PDF in their battle for dominance | Your PDF says a lot about you | Is Big Data … Read more


October 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Milestones in the History of PDF | Chrome’s newest feature | JPEG 2000 turns 25 | Windows 11 October 2025 … Read more


September 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Thank you Berlin | PDF 2.0 support gets top billing in coverage of LibreOffice 25.8 | Now Tagged PDF and … Read more


August 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Encoding multilingual content | The US Library of Congress recognizes individual PDF/A-4 conformance levels | “There was no book” | … Read more

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May 2025 by PDF Association staff
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Submit a Technical Poster to showcase your ideas at PDF Days Europe 2025!


May 2025 by PDF Association staff
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To give you – our members – more visibility, the main landing-page of pdfa.org now includes our members’ logos, showcasing … Read more


November 2024 by PDF Association staff
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We’ve started a free XML e-invoice viewing service to help end users to visualise their XML invoices. By adding their … Read more


September 2024 by PDF Association staff
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PDF Association members – especially those working on PDF’s imaging model – can now access TC 42 WG 23 resources … Read more


May 2024 by Peter Wyatt
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LOGIN REQUIRED: These synthetic files are intended for user experience and human-computer interaction (HCI) specialists to assess the behavior of … Read more


May 2023 by PDF Association staff
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The documentary is scheduled for release in early 2024. There’s still time to become a supporter!

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