Optimizing PDFs to contain just the right amount of structural information can sometimes be quite challenging. We would like to present autopsies of some of the more gruesome PDF Optimization … Read more
The first Apple iPhone (1st generation), which was termed ‘revolutionary’ was released in 2007 with the slogan ‘Apple reinvents the phone’. While many of us are using Apple iPhones now, … Read more
Mit den Bordmitteln von Microsoft Office oder LibreOffice ist die Erstellung von vollständig barrierefreie PDF-Dokumente nach WCAG oder PDF/UA nach wie vor nicht möglich. Mit jeder neuen Programmversion gibt es … Read more
France had one of the most restrictive laws during the pandemic. Long before vaccine passports were available, people had to fill out, sign, and carry certificates when they left their … Read more
PDF has long become the de facto format for exchanging print-oriented documents on the Web, and for a good reason: it works, and reliably so! However, as the lowest common … Read more
This session will present a summary of the progress of the forms technical working group. PDF forms require updates in several areas: Better accessibility Support for reflow Reduced reliance on … Read more
PDFs have been around for nearly 30 years now and the very ability to ensure perfect representation of graphic content has led the PDF format to become a very powerful … Read more
In the concept of omni channel marketing, print is one channel amongst others in customer communication. Individualized print requires not only high speed printing machines – it also means that … Read more
In Summer 2020 the LaTeX Project Team announced the start of a multi-year project [1, 2] to produce tagged and accessible PDF from existing LaTeX sources with no or only … Read more
We all know PDF from daily life. If you were to ask a room full of people whether they’ve come into contact with a PDF document, all would raise their … Read more
HexaPDF (https://hexapdf.gettalong.org) is a PDF library written in Ruby. It aims to provide the full spectrum of PDF functionality with the exception of rendering. This presentation focuses on how HexaPDF … Read more
One criticism that is commonly levelled at PDF is that when looking at a PDF document, the user generally has no easy way of knowing whether the document they’re looking … Read more
There are many ways and tools to make a PDF. However, sometimes the resulting document may take up significantly more disk space than you would expect based on its content. … Read more
PDF is one of the most used document formats in the world! This is a fact we should all be proud of. But the downside of this is that PDF … Read more
A staple in the toolbox of the Software Engineer is a solid test suite. Unit tests, Integration tests, and System tests are just a selection out of the vocabulary used … Read more