Examples and HowTos

Advanced PDF data extraction techniques with real-life examples.

PDFDocument vs. SimplePDFViewer

What is the difference? The usecases.

How to extract XObject or Inline Images, Image Masks

Instructions on how to extract different image types for further manipulations.

How to parse PDF texts

Advanced text objects access methods for further parsing.

How to parse PDF Forms

Instructions on how to extract text data from PDF Forms.

How to extract Font data from PDF

It’s possible to extract an embedded font. Let’s read how to do that.

How to extract CMap for a font from PDF

What if you need to see font’s CMap?

How to browse PDF objects

Instructions on how to navigate PDF documents and access it’s objects. Advanced techniques.