Version 1.18 of veraPDF, the industry-supported PDF/A validator, is now available for download, and now includes support for PDF/UA-1 (machine checks) and other enhancements.

The PDF community was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Chuck Geschke, one of the visionaries who helped invent PostScript and PDF technology.

Die Technische Universität Dresden hat sehr kompakte und übersichtliche Anleitungen erstellt, die gut verständlich beschreiben, wie man barrierefreie PDF-Dokumente erzeugen kann.

The Technical University of Dresden has created very compact and clear instructions that describe in an easy-to-understand manner how to create accessible PDF documents.

A recent article on Medium reveals a nugget regarding PDF usage: “…Adobe reports that in its 2020 fiscal year alone, about 303 billion PDFs were opened using its Document Cloud service, a 17% annual increase….” As the article rightly points out, PDF “has prevailed” and has “…become the one true standard — the paper of … Read more