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Discussion on: How to Make a PDF File๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”

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Wannes Gennar

If you want to create a PDF file from scratch I'd recommend starting with reading the specification (tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7995 for example), learn how the format is structured and then you can write the code that generates that structure from arbitrary data

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Aaditya

I thought about it but it is almost like a never ending manual and I hate reading manuals (of course because I don't get it๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…)

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Wannes Gennar

Reading RFC may seem daunting at first, but they're written in a very concise and clear way (since you shouldn't be able to misinterpret them).
Unless you find an article which breaks it down in simpler terms you're stuck reading RFC I'm afraid ;)