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Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for desktop publishing use. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a device independent and display resolution independent fixed-layout document format. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2D document (and, with the advent of Acrobat 3D, embedded 3D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2D vector graphics that compose the document.
PDF is an open standard and is now being prepared for submission as an ISO standard.
[edit] External links
- PDF Specifications, including the PDF Reference for PDF 1.7, PDF 1.6 (ISBN 0-321-30474-8), PDF 1.5, PDF 1.4 (ISBN 0-201-75839-3), PDF 1.3 (ISBN 0-201-61588-6)
- Adobe: PostScript vs. PDF
- History of PDF at prepressure.com
- The Camelot Paper — the paper in which John Warnock outlined the project that created PDF
- AIIM — Information about PDF/E specification for engineering
- AIIM — Information about PDF/UA specification for accessible documents
- Mars — Further information about the Adobe Mars Format
- Adobe PDF 101: Quick overview of PDF file format
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