On 1/17/07 9:38 AM, "Philipp Lohmann - Sun Germany"
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> It's great to see this happen. Thank you for joining our efforts. I
> guess you will have quite some questions about the code (seeing that it
> is in large parts undocumented which you can blame me for).
>
Believe me, I've worked in LOTS of undocumented code over the
years...but if we have questions, we know where to look ;).
> Especially PDF/A support seems to be a point of interest to many
> institutional users.
>
Yes, it's gaining quite a lot of momentum in the EU - more so than in
the US at this time. Not sure the reason, but it is an interesting trend.
> As far as I remember most of PDF/A can be achieved by switching off some
> features (like form controls), another point is embedding fonts for even
> the 14 base fonts. Still another point is kind of "pretty printing" our
> PDF like ensuring that all objects begin on a new line.
>
Pretty much. It's all about making sure that the file format is
"rigidly defined" (so as to remove ambiguities), that everything you need is
contained inside, and that nothing "bad" is present (form fields are
actually just fine - provided you follow the rules for them).
Leonard
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