callas pdfToolbox 11 callas software has just released the new version of its flagship software, pdfToolbox. What does callas offer us this year with this new version? This major version brings so many new features that it is difficult to cover everything here. We will focus on a few functions that we find particularly interesting.…
PDF page boxes There are 5 page boxes in a PDF file: Mediabox Trimbox Bleedbox Cropbox Artbox These different boxes are used to precisely define the content of your PDF file. They may or may not be present in your PDF file, depending on the software and method you used to create your PDF. The…
Something people ask us very often if how long will it take to preflight a PDF file? Sorry to bear the bad news here but there is just no simple answer to this question. PDF is a container and nor the weight nor the number of pages can indicate the length of the preflight operation.…
In previous Tech Mondays, we told you about the problems coming from the use of OpenType SVG fonts for printing. The first solutions are now available, especially thanks to the new update release of Callas pdfToolbox released last week. agileStreams, serving the printing industry Thanks to our intensive testing on these new fonts, the…
7 free webinars to learn more about PDF The Ghent workgroup is starting a new series of webinars starting April 11th, with an introduction to PDF and PDF/X standards. Not registered yet? It’s not too late! 7 webinars are planned in the coming weeks, one of which we will have the pleasure to present on…
Today, we propose you to come back on last week Tech Monday on OpenType SVG fonts and PDF. We pursued our tests, including QuarkXpress, and we had the opportunity to present our work as part of the Ghent Workgroup meetings. We will summarize here our new findings as well as the results brought by the…
Have you heard about OpenType SVG fonts ? These new fonts, mostly dedicated to the web, contain colored glyphs (in RGB colorspace) and are not monochromatic, as traditional fonts. They are now supported in the Adobe CC 2019 suite (this was already the case for Illustrator CC 2018) and Adobe offers two of them, Emoji…