fpc/packages/fcl-pdf
michael fb87b6bc9c * Patch from Ondrej Pokorny (bug ID 29987)
- utf8string-aware TFPFontCacheItem.TextWidth (utf16 surrogate pairs aren't supported though)
  - Cached result for TFPFontCacheItem.GetFontData. 
  - Fix for range check error in TTFFileInfo.PrepareFontDefinition.

git-svn-id: trunk@33468 -
2016-04-10 10:32:54 +00:00
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examples * Fixed typo in russian message (Ondrej Pokorny) 2016-04-09 08:40:01 +00:00
src * Patch from Ondrej Pokorny (bug ID 29987) 2016-04-10 10:32:54 +00:00
tests * More fixes from Graeme, hopefully UTF16 works now fully 2016-04-08 18:16:46 +00:00
utils
fpmake.pp * Remove msdos target, not all dependencies are satisfied 2016-03-09 20:45:26 +00:00
Makefile
Makefile.fpc
readme.txt * Added file attachments to possible enhancements 2016-03-05 18:22:23 +00:00

The fcl-pdf package contains a PDF generating unit fppdf that does not depend
on any external libraries.

The PDF generator has the following features:
- Support for basic shapes.
- Support for basic line styles.
- Dictionary support.
- Multi-page PDF.
- Image support.
- TTF Font support.
- Font embedding.
- Unicode font support.
- Stream Compression.
- Image embedding.
- Several paper types.
- Portrait/Landscape.
- Support for multiple units.
- Rotation matrix system.
- PDF creator information.
- Output validates by several PDF validators.

Todo:
- Implement TFPCustomCanvas descendent (TPDFCanvas) that draws on a PDF.
- Partial embedding of (unicode) fonts for smaller PDFs.
- On windows, allow to use native font mechanisms for extracting info from TTF files.

Optionally:
- PDF Forms.
- Archive format.
- Signature.
- File attachments.