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iText 7.1.9 Release - Now with better text extraction, SVG support and XFA improvements!

Mon - 12/02/2019

We're pleased to announce iText 7.1.9, our latest (and last of 2019!) quarterly release.
This release includes further documentation and SVG improvements, as well as updated versions of the pdfHTML, pdfXFA and pdf2Data add-ons.

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Can we use machine learning to achieve PDF/UA compliance?

Wed - 11/27/2019

We discuss the future of accessibility and PDFs, and how we could use AI to help machines to read.

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Displaying text in different languages in a single PDF document

Tue - 10/08/2019

We show how you can use iText 7 with pdfCalligraph to correctly display different languages in a single PDF, including right-to-left scripts like Hebrew and Arabic.

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iText 7.1.8 – Now with added XFDF, .NET API docs and more!

Thu - 09/19/2019

We’re pleased to announce iText 7.1.8, our latest quarterly release. Despite the minor release number, we think it counts as a pretty significant update as in addition to various improvements and bug fixes in our kernel and layout modules, iText 7.1.8 adds support for XFDF, the XML Forms Data Format.

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Does iText 7 create PDFs that are Section 508 compliant?

Tue - 07/16/2019

An article discussing using iText 7 to create PDF/UA documents that comply with Section 508 of the United States Rehabilitation Act.

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Avoiding the PDF Digital Signature Vulnerabilities with iText

Tue - 07/16/2019

Some details about digital signatures and document verification in iText.

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Digital Signatures in a Universal Application (UWP) with iText - reblog

Tue - 11/27/2018

Recently we found Paul Madary's blog post about digital signatures in a Univeral Application (UWP) with iText 7, and we wanted to share it.

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pdfHTML - release eBook & open-source version

Mon - 08/28/2017

We have released a 125-page tutorial about pdfHTML: "iText 7: converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML." With this tutorial, we answered the #1 question of the developers who responded to our survey: the request for more documentation.

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Release of new PDF standard: PDF 2.0

Mon - 07/31/2017

The new PDF standard ISO 32000-2:2017 (PDF 2.0) has been published online!

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How to completely remove a file from a Git repository

Mon - 07/03/2017

Have you already committed an SSH private key, a password file or a config file with sensitive data to your repository before?

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DZone's Guide to Java 2017 is live!

Wed - 06/28/2017

If you believe the number of articles online, you might be inclined to believe that Java is dying, but we all know better.

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How do I make sure my software complies with AGPL: How can I use iText for free?

Thu - 05/18/2017

The AGPL license says, when you convey AGPL software (either verbatim copies or modified versions), that you need to include the program's source code. But what's a good way of doing that?

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pdfHTML: configuration options

Mon - 04/10/2017

iText 7's new add-on pdfHTML is a tool that aims to greatly simplify HTML to PDF conversion in Java or .NET.

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pdf2Data: extract information from invoices and templates

Mon - 04/03/2017

Pdf2Data is a tool that allows for structured data to be extracted from similarly structured text documents.

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pdfHTML: An Introduction

Tue - 03/14/2017

pdfHTML is an iText 7 add-on that will replace our previous XML Worker, from iText 5.

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How pdfHtml maps HTML tags onto iText objects

Tue - 03/07/2017

This blog post will give you an overview of how pdfHTML maps the HTML model onto the iText model, and how you can influence this process.

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