Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark founded the company and has worked with Java and PDF since 1997. The original creator of the core code, he is also a NetBeans enthusiast who enjoys speaking at conferences and reading. He holds an Athletics Blue and an MA in Mediaeval History from St. Andrews University.

   



196 Stories by Mark Stephens

Why are CID fonts far more complicated than non-CID fonts?

We get lots of emails asking about fonts so this articles tries to explain some of the potential issues. Loading fonts All fonts used...
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PDF to HTML conversion – tradeoffs on adjusting font size

When you convert a PDF to HTML, you move from a coding environment where you can work in any floating point size to one...
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PDF to HTML5 conversion – Embed an image in HTML5 with Base64 encoding

Introduction HTML5 can contain links to external images and other resources (which often makes the HTML5 page much faster to load because it is...
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PDF to HTML5 conversion – video

The PDF file format allows you to embed video directly inside a PDF file. So, I wondered, how easy would it be to write...
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PDF to HTML5 conversion – changing the page size

By default, a we convert a PDF file into an HTML file with the same size. So a 200×100 pixel PDF file becomes a...
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How to Convert CCITT data to TIFF image (Tutorial)

What is CCITT data? CCITT is used to compress black and white image data. Using Huffman encoding, the data is squeezed into a much...
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