PDF-API2-2.048

Changes for version 2.048 - 2025-08-29

[GH-85] Fix default_page_size when called without arguments (patch by Johan Vromans).
[GH-90] Fix deprecated option -noembed (reported by Bernhard Schmalhofer).
[GH-91] Support annotation links to a named external destination (patch by Johan Vromans).
[GH-92] Allow Font::TTF::Font objects to be used as fonts (patch by Johan Vromans).

Modules

PDF::API2

Create, modify, and examine PDF files

PDF::API2::Annotation

Add annotations to a PDF

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array

Low-level PDF array object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Bool

Low-level PDF boolean object true or false

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict

Low-level dictionary and stream objects

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::File

Low-level PDF file access

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter

Abstract superclass for PDF stream filters

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name

Low-level PDF name object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Null

Low-level PDF null object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Number

Low-level PDF numeric object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Objind

Low-level PDF indirect object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Page

Low-level PDF page object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Pages

Low-level page tree object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String

Low-level PDF string object

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Utils

Convenience functions for creating low-level PDF objects

PDF::API2::Content

Methods for adding graphics and text to a PDF

PDF::API2::Lite

(do not use)

PDF::API2::NamedDestination

Add named destinations (views) to a PDF

PDF::API2::Outline

Manage PDF outlines (a.k.a. bookmarks)

PDF::API2::Page

Methods to interact with individual pages

PDF::API2::Resource

Base class for PDF resources

PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont

Base class for font resources

PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont

Base class for CID fonts

PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::CJKFont

Deprecated base class for CJK fonts

PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::TrueType

TrueType font support

PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace

Base class for PDF color spaces

PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed::ACTFile

Adobe Color Table support

PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Separation

Support for color space separations

PDF::API2::Resource::ExtGState

Graphics state dictionary support

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::BdFont

Module for using bitmapped Fonts.

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont

Module for using the 14 standard PDF fonts.

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::SynFont

Module for creating synthetic Fonts.

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject

Base class for external objects

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form

Base class for external form objects

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode

Base class for one-dimensional barcodes

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::code128

Code 128 and EAN-128 barcode support

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::qrcode

Generate QR codes

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image

Base class for external raster image objects

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::TIFF

TIFF image support

PDF::API2::ViewerPreferences

How the PDF should be displayed or printed

Provides

PDF::API2

in lib/PDF/API2/Win32.pm

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::ASCII85Decode

in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/ASCII85Decode.pm

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::ASCIIHexDecode

in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/ASCIIHexDecode.pm

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::FlateDecode

in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/FlateDecode.pm

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::LZWDecode

in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/LZWDecode.pm

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::RunLengthDecode

in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/RunLengthDecode.pm

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Literal

in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Literal.pm

PDF::API2::Content::Text

in lib/PDF/API2/Content/Text.pm

PDF::API2::Matrix

in lib/PDF/API2/Matrix.pm

PDF::API2::Outlines

in lib/PDF/API2/Outlines.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::TrueType::FontFile

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/CIDFont/TrueType/FontFile.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::DeviceN

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/DeviceN.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed::Hue

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed/Hue.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed::WebColor

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed/WebColor.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Colors

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Colors.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::bankgothic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/bankgothic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courier

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courier.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courierbold

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courierbold.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courierboldoblique

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courierboldoblique.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courieroblique

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courieroblique.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgia

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgia.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgiabold

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiabold.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgiabolditalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiabolditalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgiaitalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiaitalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helvetica

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helvetica.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helveticabold

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticabold.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helveticaboldoblique

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticaboldoblique.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helveticaoblique

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticaoblique.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::symbol

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/symbol.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesbold

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesbold.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesbolditalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesbolditalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesitalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesitalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesroman

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesroman.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchet

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchet.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchetbold

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetbold.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchetbolditalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetbolditalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchetitalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetitalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdana

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdana.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdanabold

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanabold.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdanabolditalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanabolditalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdanaitalic

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanaitalic.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::webdings

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/webdings.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::wingdings

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/wingdings.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::zapfdingbats

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/zapfdingbats.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Font::Postscript

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/Postscript.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Glyphs

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Glyphs.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::PaperSizes

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/PaperSizes.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Pattern

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Pattern.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::Shading

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Shading.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::UniFont

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/UniFont.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::codabar

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/codabar.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::code3of9

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/code3of9.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::ean13

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/ean13.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::int2of5

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/int2of5.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::Hybrid

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/Hybrid.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::GD

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/GD.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::GIF

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/GIF.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::JPEG

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/JPEG.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::PNG

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/PNG.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::PNM

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/PNM.pm

PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::TIFF::File

in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/TIFF/File.pm

PDF::API2::UniWrap

in lib/PDF/API2/UniWrap.pm

PDF::API2::Util

in lib/PDF/API2/Util.pm

PDF::API2::Win32

in lib/PDF/API2/Win32.pm

Other files

To install PDF::API2, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm PDF::API2

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install PDF::API2

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

	Global
`s`	Focus search bar
`?`	Bring up this help dialog

	GitHub
`g` `p`	Go to pull requests
`g` `i`	go to github issues (only if github is preferred repository)

	POD
`g` `a`	Go to author
`g` `c`	Go to changes
`g` `i`	Go to issues
`g` `d`	Go to dist
`g` `r`	Go to repository/SCM
`g` `s`	Go to source
`g` `b`	Go to file browse

	Search terms
module: (e.g. module:Plugin)
distribution: (e.g. distribution:Dancer auth)
author: (e.g. author:SONGMU Redis)
version: (e.g. version:1.00)

Changes for version 2.048 - 2025-08-29

Modules

Provides

Other files

Module Install Instructions