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|purpose=Open source PDF viewer that includes PDF information extractor and font analyzer | |purpose=Open source PDF viewer that includes PDF information extractor and font analyzer | ||
| − | |homepage=http://www. | + | |image= |
| + | |homepage=http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/home.html | ||
|license=GPL | |license=GPL | ||
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}} | }} | ||
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| + | <!-- Delete the Categories that do not apply --> | ||
| + | [[Category:Metadata Extraction]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Rendering]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Document]] | ||
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= Description = | = Description = | ||
Xpdf is an open source PDF viewer that includes command-line information extractor and font analyzer utilities. The following utilities are particularly relevant to digital preservation: | Xpdf is an open source PDF viewer that includes command-line information extractor and font analyzer utilities. The following utilities are particularly relevant to digital preservation: | ||
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* ''pdfinfo'': prints the contents of the ‘Info’ dictionary (plus some other useful information) from a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. In addition, the following information is printed: | * ''pdfinfo'': prints the contents of the ‘Info’ dictionary (plus some other useful information) from a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. In addition, the following information is printed: | ||
| − | tagged (yes/no) | + | tagged (yes/no) === |
| − | form (AcroForm / XFA / none) | + | form (AcroForm / XFA / none) === |
| − | page count | + | page count === |
| − | encrypted flag (yes/no) | + | encrypted flag (yes/no) === |
| − | print and copy permissions (if encrypted) | + | print and copy permissions (if encrypted) === |
| − | page size | + | page size === |
| − | file size | + | file size === |
| − | linearized (yes/no) | + | linearized (yes/no) === |
| − | PDF version | + | PDF version === |
metadata (only if requested) | metadata (only if requested) | ||
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The following information is listed for each font: | The following information is listed for each font: | ||
| − | name the font name, exactly as given in the PDF file (potentially | + | name the font name, exactly as given in the PDF file (potentially === |
including a subset prefix) | including a subset prefix) | ||
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sub “yes†if the font is a subset | sub “yes†if the font is a subset | ||
| − | uni “yes†if there is an explicit “ToUnicode†map in the PDF file | + | uni “yes†if there is an explicit “ToUnicode†map in the PDF file === |
| − | (the absence of a ToUnicode map doesn’t necessarily mean that | + | (the absence of a ToUnicode map doesn’t necessarily mean that === |
the text can’t be converted to Unicode) | the text can’t be converted to Unicode) | ||
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= Development Activity = | = Development Activity = | ||
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| + | {{Infobox_tool_details | ||
| + | |ohloh_id=Xpdf | ||
| + | }} | ||