PDF to HTML5

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A PDF document translator that produces an equivalent HTML5 document with near pixel-perfect accuracy.

• Character positions are grouped into logical block elements.
• Embedded PDF fonts are handled by FontForge, and re-encoded as base64 OpenType fonts in the header.

Examples

• p01apr97.pdf ‣ p01apr97.html
• p01oct97.pdf ‣ p01oct97.html
• p01sep02.pdf ‣ p01sep02.html
• fw4.pdf ‣ fw4.html

Requirements

• Java 1.8
• Maven 3.6
• FontForge

Install

git clone https://github.com/natlaughlin/pdftohtml5.git
cd pdftohtml5
mvn clean package

Run

java -cp target/pdftohtml5-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar com.natlaughlin.pdftohtml5.PdfToHtml5 <OPTIONS> <PDF file>

TODO

• Some special font types are not currently supported.
• Add more PDF test cases.