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GraalVM Native Image Compilation Support

The Road to GraalVM Native Image Compatibility

Wed - 03/26/2025
Discover how iText implemented continuous support for GraalVM Native Image compilation in iText Core, as detailed by Software Engineer Vitali Prudnikovich. This article is part of our new 'Technical Tales' series, offering insights, tips, and deep dives from iText developers.
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iText Suite 9.1 25th Annniversary Release

iText Suite 9.1: Celebrating 25 Years of iText with Expanded SVG and CSS, Faster Tables, and More!

Fri - 02/14/2025
On 14th February 2000 the first public version of the iText PDF library was released to the open-source community. A quarter of a century later, Apryse is proudly celebrating with the release of iText Suite 9.1 on iText’s 25th anniversary, which is also Valentine’s Day! This release brings significantly expanded SVG and CSS support, huge performance increases, GraalVM for pdfHTML, and a whole lot of love!
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Creating ZUGFeRD and Factur-X e-invoices with iText

Creating ZUGFeRD/Factur-X Invoices with iText

Tue - 11/26/2024
With the onset of e-invoicing legislation coming into effect across Europe, there is renewed interest in the ZUGFeRD/Factur-X hybrid invoice standard. This article examines how the standard has evolved, and how you can use the dual-licensed iText Core library to easily create ZUGFeRD-compatible files.
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HTML to PDF/A with iText and pdfHTML

Making PDF/A Document Creation Easier with iText and pdfHTML

Mon - 07/08/2024
PDF generation from HTML templates is a common iText use case and is especially useful for the creation of documents which must conform to the PDF/A and PDF/UA standards for archiving and accessibility. This article compares how you would create PDF/A documents with iText 5, and the improved methods available in iText version 8 with the pdfHTML add-on.
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A detailed comparison of Text 5’s Chunk class and iText 8’s Text class

Comparing the iText 5 Chunk and iText 8 Text Classes

Wed - 10/11/2023
Though it was superseded in 2016 by iText 7, iText 5 is still an extremely popular PDF library. While its ease of use and features are still competitive, this article looks at its high-level text and content capabilities to compare them against the revised API in iText 7 and 8. You'll learn why iText 8 is a far superior option, especially for new implementations.
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