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authorJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2022-12-11 19:43:07 +0100
committerJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2022-12-11 19:43:07 +0100
commit7cef6c56ca0ab59cba68a05bf1edcffad52db79b (patch)
tree2a800755cdcecd99aa59f436226d2789460797a4
parentf72f30a7751d04b7431516db8f38ad42937df591 (diff)
add link to german wikipedia pafe on PDF file format
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Simple measures are standard page formats like A4, A3, or letter,
but more reliable are internal "box" dimensions measured in "pt":
In addition to page sizes,
-PDF files technically annotate content using several "boxes":
+PDF files technically annotate content using several "[boxes]":
* MediaBox: full printable area
* Required
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ but the equivalent of ArtBox in EPS and DSC-compliant Postscript.)
E.g. an A4 sized PDF page
is technically a page with a /MediaBox of approx. [595 x 842 pt][page_dimensions].
+[boxes]: <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format#Angaben_der_Seitengeometrie>
+ "Wikipedia article about PDF file format, section on page geometry"
+
### Extracting PDF box hints
Resolve all boxes (computing from defaults any omitted ones):