New knowledge article on creating a PDF from HTML with CSS

March 21, 2023

Martin Fiebig finished his studies of Technical Information Design and Technical Editing with a bachelor's thesis on the conversion of HTML or DITA XML files into PDF files. He wrote his thesis with a practical focus at parson.

In the recently published knowledge article, he summarizes his findings. In the first part, Martin compares the applied languages XSL-FO and CSS Paged Media. In the second part, he examines programs for rendering HTML to PDF files via CSS and tests their functions.

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Creating a PDF from HTML – Formatting documents with CSS Paged Media

by Martin Fiebig on March 14, 2023

There are several ways and tools you can use to create a PDF from a technical documentation in DITA-XML or a website in HTML. In the first part of this knowledge article, I look at the advantages and disadvantages of the languages commonly used in this process: XSL-FO and CSS Paged Media. In the second part I compare programs for rendering HTML files to PDF files via CSS and compare their functions. read more

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