mpdf/mpdf

Features

• PDF Generation Libraries - Acts as a framework for creating and formatting professional PDF documents with custom typography and print standards.
• HTML to PDF Converters - Transforms UTF-8 encoded HTML and CSS into formatted PDF documents supporting international languages.
• PDF Document Generation - Transforms HTML and CSS into binary PDF files using global settings and font variables.
• Paged Media Layout Engines - Implements a paged media layout engine that resolves CSS stylesheets and media queries for physical PDF output.
• Text Direction Controls - Configures the reading order and display direction for both RTL and LTR internationalization.
• Multilingual PDF Generation - Renders PDF documents in multiple languages with support for bidirectional text, RTL scripts, and Unicode font embedding.
• RTL Document Configuration - Configures the document for RTL layout, adjusting text alignment and table columns.
• Multilingual Document Generation - Renders complex scripts and global languages including RTL and CJK using Unicode fonts and bidirectional text handling.
• Page Break Management - Controls where content splits across pages using CSS properties or specialized tags to maintain logical cohesion.
• Page Insertion - Adds new pages to the document with optional overrides for margins, orientation, and conditional breaks.
• Page Layout Configurations - Defines physical page dimensions, margins, and regional settings to establish the visual structure of the PDF.
• PDF Document Management - Provides comprehensive tools for building professional PDFs with automated tables of contents, indexes, and interactive forms.
• Print Production Workflows - Configures precise page dimensions, margins, CMYK color modeling, and bleed marks for professional printing and PDF/A standards.
• Color Modeling Systems - Deno PDF defines colors using RGB, HSL, or CMYK, including transparency for background elements.
• Complex Script Renderers - Processes bidirectional runs and complex glyph shaping for scripts like Arabic and Hebrew.
• Layout Rule Processors - Interprets OpenType GSUB and GPOS tables to apply substitution and positioning rules for advanced typography.
• Bidirectional Text Layouts - Provides comprehensive bidirectional text processing for mixed LTR and RTL scripts.
• CSS Styling - Uses CSS stylesheets to control page dimensions, margins, and overall element styling for physical PDF output.
• Language-to-Font Mapping - Analyzes input text to automatically detect language and map it to the appropriate font.
• Right-To-Left Support - Provides styling rules and layout mirroring to correctly display right-to-left scripts like Arabic and Hebrew.
• PDF Font Embedding - Integrates font glyphs directly into the PDF binary to ensure consistent rendering across all viewers.
• PDF Table Rendering - Generates native PDF tables from HTML including support for nesting, rotation, and auto-resizing.
• Unicode Typography Renderers - Uses native Unicode and OpenType support to render characters from all Unicode planes, including historical scripts.
• Report Generation - Creates professional reports with dynamic headers, footers, page numbering, and tables of contents from structured data.
• Letterhead Generation - Generates multi-page documents with a specific layout for the first page and different subsequent layouts.
• Table Border Styling - Implements border-collapse rules to resolve conflicts between adjacent cell and table borders.
• PDF Exports - Writes the generated PDF content directly to a specified file system path.
• Dynamic PDF Generators - Generates customized PDFs featuring dynamic watermarks, barcodes, and embedded external templates for business workflows.
• PDF Page Extraction - Extracts specific pages or cropped regions from external PDF files to use as templates.
• Content Splitting Prevention - Keeps block elements or table headings on a single page to prevent related information from being separated.
• Document Metadata Definitions - Sets keywords in document properties to improve discoverability in PDF readers.
• External PDF Templates - Inserts specific pages from external PDF files to serve as background templates for subsequent pages.
• Mirror Margin Configurations - Alternates left and right margins on odd and even pages to create proper gutters for bound documents.
• Automatic Page Numbering - Inserts dynamic page numbers with options to suppress, reset, or change numeral styles.
• International Numeral Systems - Supports page numbering using various global numeral systems including decimal, roman, and Indic scripts.
• Numbering Styles - Customizes page number prefixes, suffixes, and styles to control the pagination appearance.
• Total Page Count Placeholders - Places dynamic placeholders in the document that resolve to the final total page count.
• Print Layouts - Inserts pages and specifies odd or even page starts to support professional duplex printing.
• PDF Archival Standard Compliance - Produces documents compliant with PDF/A and PDF/X specifications for long-term digital archiving.
• Template Page Importing - Imports specific pages or regions from existing PDF files to use as background templates or combined content.
• Table Fitting Optimizations - Shrinks tables to fit a single page or moves them to the next page to prevent content breaks.
• Table Header Repetition - Duplicates the first row of a table on every new page when the table spans multiple pages.
• Web Page to PDF Converters - Transforms HTML web pages into PDF documents using CSS to control element visibility.
• Coordinate-Based Graphic Rendering - Deno PDF renders barcodes, rounded rectangles, and lines directly to the page without using HTML.
• Coordinate-Based Rendering - Renders graphics like barcodes and lines by mapping absolute coordinates to the PDF page grid.
• PDF Page Resizing - Defines the physical width and height of PDF pages using custom values or standard sizes.
• PDF Image Embedding - Deno PDF places a graphic file at specific coordinates with controls for sizing and hyperlinking.
• PDF Encryptions and Decryptions - Deno PDF encrypts the file and defines user permissions to restrict how the document is modified.
• PDF Permission Controls - Deno PDF encrypts the document and defines permissions for printing and modifying using owner passwords.
• Spot Color Definitions - Specifies named custom ink colors using CMYK values for professional-grade printing.
• Block-Level Styling - Deno PDF uses stylesheets to define layout, colors, and typography for block-level elements.
• PDF Generation Control Tags - Implements specialized HTML tags that control PDF generation without affecting web browser rendering.
• Script Block Font Mapping - Detects Unicode script blocks and automatically assigns appropriate fonts via language attributes.
• CSS Column-Count Multi-Column Layouts - Arranges content into multiple columns using CSS properties to define gaps and vertical alignment.
• Paged Media Selectors - Sets margins, sizes, and orientation using CSS @page selectors and pseudo-selectors.
• CSS Typography - Deno PDF sets typography attributes including font family, size, and weight using standard CSS properties.
• Custom Stylesheets - Deno PDF overrides the default stylesheet using a custom CSS file to define project-wide styling.
• Indic Script Renderers - Displays characters from Indic languages using specialized fonts and appropriate Unicode ranges.
• Font Subsetting Engines - Reduces PDF file size by extracting and embedding only the specific characters used in the document.
• CJK Font Subsetting - Reduces file size by embedding only the required character subsets of large East Asian fonts.
• Phrase Line Break Preservers - Implements dictionary-based line-breaking rules to preserve natural phrase groupings in languages like Thai and Lao.
• Interactive PDF Form Fields - Creates interactive PDF form elements including text fields and checkboxes with JavaScript support.
• Custom HTML Footers - Renders custom HTML content at the bottom of a page with specific side positioning.
• Page Layout Templates - Defines reusable header and footer layouts that can be swapped during document generation.
• Page Layout Templates - Creates reusable page definitions that can be assigned to sections to switch layouts mid-document.
• Document Media Queries - Implements conditional styles based on media queries to optimize formatting for physical print output.
• Language-Specific Styling - Uses HTML lang attributes and CSS selectors to apply typography and styles specific to the document language.
• Font Subsetting Engines - Extracts and retains only the necessary glyphs from font files to minimize the final PDF size.
• Indic Consonant Conjunct Processing - Processes characters and consonant conjuncts for Indic languages using specialized font processing.
• Custom Font Registrars - Maps TrueType font files to specific family names and variants to enable custom typography.
• Pan-CJK Rendering - Provides specialized rendering logic for unified serif glyphs across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts.
• Automatic Content Sizing - Automatically adjusts table dimensions to fit the page width and prevent content overflow.
• Text Wrapping & Alignment - Calculates text flow and line breaks to automatically wrap content within specified page boundaries.
• Vector Graphics Rendering - Processes and renders scalable vector graphics (SVG) within documents via XML extensions.
• PDF Layout Control Commands - Injects specialized formatting commands into HTML to control PDF generation independently of browser rendering.

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