Changelog

All notable changes to PaperForge will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project follows Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Initial PaperForge project structure
Pure Elixir PDF generation without external rendering tools
PDF primitive serialization for:
- Null values
- Booleans
- Integers
- Floating-point numbers
- Names
- Literal strings
- Arrays
- Dictionaries
- Indirect references
- Streams
Indirect PDF object representation
PDF object references with generation numbers
PDF stream support with automatic byte-length calculation
Internal document object graph
Automatic PDF object ID allocation
Document catalog generation
PDF page tree generation
Multi-page document support
Cross-reference table generation
PDF trailer and startxref generation
Binary PDF output
File-writing API
Built-in Helvetica font support using WinAnsiEncoding
A3, A4, A5, Letter, Legal, and custom page sizes
Portrait and landscape page orientations
Text drawing with:
- Position
- Font size
- Fill color
Line drawing with:
- Start and end coordinates
- Stroke color
- Configurable line width
Rectangle drawing with:
- Stroke
- Fill
- Stroke color
- Fill color
- Configurable line width
Circle drawing using cubic Bézier curves
RGB color support
8-bit RGB color helpers
Grayscale color support
Basic PDF metadata:
- Title
- Author
- Subject
- Keywords
- Creator
- Producer
Example documents for text, multiple pages, and graphics
Unit tests for the PDF serializer, document graph, pages, and writer