A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words:
WINDOWS XP USERS: Please make sure ClearType is turned on
(Control Panel -> Display -> Appearance -> Effects -> "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" -> ClearType)
pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies, aims to provide an accuracy rendering, while keeping optimized for Web display.
It is optimized for modern web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox & Google Chrome.
This program is designed for scientific papers with complicate formulas and figures, so a precise rendering is also the #1 concern. But of course general PDF files are also supported.
- Single HTML file output
- Precise rendering
- Text Selection
- Font embedding & reencoding for Web
- Proper styling (Color, Transformation...)
- Optimization for Web
- Type 3 fonts
- Non-text object (Don't worry, they will be rendered as images)
Boost library is no longer required
Fontforge-git is no longer required, a recent version should be OK
There is a Ubuntu PPA set up at here.
Special thanks to Arthur Titeica for the AUR Package.
- CMake, pkg-config
- compilers support C++11
- GCC >= 4.4.6
- libpoppler with xpdf header >= 0.20.0 (compile with --enable-xpdf-headers)
- Install libpng (and headers) BEFORE you compile libpoppler if you want background images generated
- Install poppler-data if your want CJK support
- fontforge (with header files)
Build On Windows
I've tested with CYGWIN without any problem, and I believe it also works on MinGW without many modifications.
cmake . && make && sudo make install
pdf2htmlEX /path/to/foobar.pdf
pdf2htmlEX --help
GPLv2 & GPLv3 Dual licensed
pdf2htmlEX is totally free, please credit pdf2htmlEX if you use it
Please consider sponsoring it if you use it for commercial purpose
Font extraction, conversion or redistribution may be illegal, please check your local laws
The following projects have been consulted for pdf2htmlEX:
- pdftops & pdftohtml from poppler
- MuPDF
- PDF.js
- Crocodoc
- Google Doc
Suggestions and questions are welcome.
Please read the FAQ beforehand.
- Lu Wang coolwanglu@gmail.com
- Hongliang Tian tatetian@gmail.com