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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): |