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PDF to SVG

The flawless and easy way to publish PDF documents as web-ready SVG files.

PDF2SVG is an efficient, stand-alone command-line application as well as a software component for converting and publishing PDF files as web-ready SVG graphics, the open-standard W3C recommendation for high-end graphics on the web.

PDF2SVG enables high-quality PDF to SVG conversion that maintains the original layout of the document and preserves hyperlinks, colors and fonts. The resulting self-contained and compact SVG files can be distributed, viewed, edited, stored, printed, and published onto web sites and CD-ROMs. For quick and easy document navigation and viewing, PDF2SVG can be configured to create page thumbnails as well as an XML summary describing the document components such as metadata, bookmarks, annotations, etc. Using XSLT or any other XML processor, the user can quickly generate custom HTML and JavaScript ‘wrappers' that enable the user to browse multi-page documents in any web browser.

PDF to SVG conversion

Figure. PDF2SVG Command-Line Application.

Key Features of PDF2SVG:

  • Fast, high-quality conversion from PDF (Portable Document Format) to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) that maintains the original document layout and preserves hyperlinks, colors and fonts.
    • Font support: Type1, TrueType, Type3 and Type0/CID Fonts
    • Color: ICC, DeviceN, Separation, RGB, CMYK, Indexed, etc.
    • Support for encrypted PDF documents (40 and 128 bit RC4, 128 bit AES, Crypt filters).
    • Support for all kinds of patterns, functions, and compression schemes.
    • Support for all annotation types.
    • Support for soft, explicit, and color-key masks.
  • Compression and SVG optimization: Converted documents can be saved as SVGZ compressed files for fast web downloads.
  • PDF2SVG allows for generation of stand-alone SVG files (i.e. SVG files with embedded resources) as well as for SVG files with shared resources.
  • All text is converted to Unicode dramatically simplifying text manipulation, editing, and searching. PDF2SVG makes every attempt to map text to a Unicode public area, resulting in better repurposing and text-searching capabilities of converted documents.
  • Font embedding and font substitution option: The font embedding option allows for reliable and accurate font reproduction. The font substitution option produces smaller files but may not produce 100% accurate fonts on all systems.
  • Option to extract document-level information that has no counterpart in SVG (e.g. metadata, bookmarks, annotations, etc).
  • Batch conversion: Using PDF2SVG you can easily convert single files or whole PDF repositories.
  • Generation of XML summary document describing important document components such as document metadata, bookmarks, annotations, etc. Using XSLT or any other XML processor, XML summary can be used to wrap separate SVG documents into a composite document for e-book style navigation and viewing or for further repurposing.
  • Thumbnail generation option for fast navigation through multi-page documents.
  • Files with broken cross reference tables are automatically repaired.
  • Configuration file for frequently used options.
  • Fast rendering in popular SVG viewers.
  • Support for all versions of the PDF Language Standard, including PDF 1.7 and Acrobat 8 documents.

There are many benefits of converting your documents to SVG:

  • SVG is a W3C (Web Standards Consortium) standard format and is backed by a large number of companies and non-profit organizations.
  • Free SVG viewers are widely available on major platforms and operating systems.
  • Because SVG is based on XML, the document can be easily edited in a text editor. SVG XML content can be linked to back-end business processes such as databases, application servers, and other rich sources of real-time information.
  • There are a growing number of affordable and powerful SVG authoring and editing solutions.
  • Enhanced search capabilities. All text in SVG is stored in standard XML syntax and Unicode encoding that makes searching operations within a document or across large collections of documents a breeze.

Common Use Case Scenarios:

  • Server-based, on-demand conversion of PDF documents to SVG.
  • Batch processing of PDF collections. PDF2SVG is particularly useful in assembling product catalogues and brochures.
  • PDF content extraction and repurposing through SVG and XML.

PDF2SVG SDK:

PDF2SVG is also available to developers as a software component for integration with third-party applications. PDF2SVG SDK is available as a plain ‘C DLL’ and can be easily accessed from any programming language (including C#, VB.NET, C/C++, Java, VB6, Perl, Python, Ruby, Delphi, etc).

PDF2SVG is based on PDFNet SDK, making it extremely fast and efficient. The conversion speed is suitable for interactive and dynamic applications.

Platforms Currently Supported:

  • Windows Vista/2003/2000/XP/NT/98; Linux; Mac OSX.

For more information on PDF2SVG, please contact us via email: info@pdftron.com.

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