pdf-library lets you create and modify PDF documents in any JavaScript environment.
Create PDF documents from scratch, or modify existing PDF documents. Draw text, images, and vector graphics. Embed your own fonts. Even embed and draw pages from other PDFs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create new PDFs.
- Modify existing PDFs.
- Create forms.
- Fill forms.
- Flatten forms.
- Add Pages.
- Insert Pages.
- Remove Pages.
- Copy pages between PDFs.
- Draw Text.
- Draw Images.
- Draw PDF Pages.
- Draw Vector Graphics.
- Draw SVG Paths.
- Measure width and height of text.
- Embed Fonts (supports UTF-8 and UTF-16 character sets).
- Set document metadata.
- Read document metadata.
- Set viewer preferences.
- Read viewer preferences.
- Add attachments.
- Works in all JavaScript environments – not just in Node or the Browser.
Website: pdf-lib.js.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Andrew Dillon
License: MIT License
pdf-lib is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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