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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Though it was superseded in 2016 by iText 7, iText 5 is still an extremely popular PDF library.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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RSASSA-PSS now supported in iText 8

RSASSA-PSS support added to iText 8

Fri - 06/23/2023
Our second guest blog from Matthias Valvekens looks at RSASSA-PSS - a parameterized signature scheme now supported in the open-source iText Core library. Matthias is the current chair of the PDF Association's Digital Signatures Working Group, and we are proud to present his expert analysis of the RSA cryptosystem, and how PSS differs from the "legacy" PKCS #1 v1.5 padding scheme.
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iText 8 supports latest PDF digital signing extensions

iText 8 now supports the latest ISO PDF extensions for digital signing

Wed - 06/21/2023
The ability to apply and validate secure PDF digital signatures has long been a particular strength of the open-source iText Core library. We’ve kept pace with advances such as support for PAdES and PDF 2.0, and so we’re proud to present a guest blog detailing iText 8’s support for the latest ISO extension standards for digital signing.
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iText 8 is here!

Get excited, iText 8 is here!

Wed - 05/17/2023
Spring is here, and so is a new quarterly release of the iText PDF SDK. For this release of the open-source iText Core PDF library and the add-ons in the iText Suite, we’re proud to announce the release of iText Core version 8.0.0 – aka iText 8.
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iText Suite 7.2.5 release teaser

Announcing the release of iText Suite 7.2.5

Mon - 01/16/2023
In this latest release, Core will open documents faster and be more resilient to malformed PDFs. We’ve also widened its support of CCITT-compressed TIFFs, and improved the paragraph text wrapping. There’s also support for the CSS vertical-align property in pdfHTML, and improvements and bugfixes across the rest of the Suite. 
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iText DITO 2.5 release

iText DITO 2.5 is now available

Tue - 11/22/2022
iText DITO 2.5, the latest version of our collaborative PDF creation solution has just been released. New in this release we have look and feel customizations for white labeling, and better control of workspaces and template promotion paths. Plus, new calculations to manipulate data directly in templates, and a whole lot more.
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Shake Things Up With Microservices and the iText DITO document solution

Shake Things Up with Microservices and the iText DITO Document Solution

Thu - 11/10/2022
In this session Israel Garcia, the Product Manager for iText DITO, sat down with Wout Florin, Cymo’s Director of Operations to talk about how iText’s collaborative document generator forms an essential component of Cymo’s event-driven software platform. Cymo is a company with years of expertise in event-driven architecture, and the Cymo Platform was initially developed for the Mateco Group, an international rental equipment and sales company.
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New release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4

Announcing the release of iText 7 Suite 7.2.4

Tue - 10/25/2022
This latest release of our PDF SDK features a nice change for tagged PDF creation, and a couple of PDF/A improvements for color spaces and signing. Plus, pdfHTML now supports CSS4 CMYK colors, you can use multiple threads for pdfOffice conversions, and much more!
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