GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading PDF library company iText Software is proud to announce the
official launch of its new flagship product. iText 7 is the successor to
the company's successful iText 5 offering and will come with several
add-ons for PDF structure inspection, non-Latin script support and
digital invoicing.
iText is currently used by over 5,000 companies around the world to
embed PDF functionalities into various parts of their workflow. As
opposed PDF Explode to off-the-self, plug-and-play PDF converters, iText provides
APIs for developers to fine-tune the way they want to create or edit
PDFs according to different ISO standards or compliance regulations. It
is also unique in that it lets developers use APIs both at a high level
and at a detailed level.
"iText 7 began as a fresh start for us," explains iText founder Bruno
Lowagie. "This gave us the chance to radically up its speed, improve
document models and streamline its lay-out engine." In addition, iText 7
will come with add-ons for specific new functionalities. These include
PDF syntax inspection and editing, support for writing systems such as
Arabic and Devanagari and support for the ZUGFeRD digital invoicing
standard.
"iText 7 has also been designed with PDF 2.0 in mind," adds Lowagie. The
major update in PDF standards is expected in the course of 2017. As
iText is one of the companies that make up the PDF Association and the
PDF ISO Committee along with file format originator Adobe, it has
privileged PDF Explode insight into the features of the new PDF standard.
The first versions of iText were created in 2000, but as a company,
iText Software began in 2008. It has since grown to encompass offices in
Europe, North America and Asia, with a revenue growth of 1,194% over the
past five years alone. Lowagie notes: "Our success is quite humbling in
a way. On the other hand, I'd like to believe that it's our commitment
to designing products that developers like, backed-up by an extensive
support system and a big community of developers, that has enabled us to
be this successful. We conceived of iText 7 with precisely these things
in mind."
IText 7 has already gone through beta testing and has impressed some of
its early adopters. "I'm impressed by iText 7," says Michael Klink, PDF
expert from exceed Secure Solutions AG. "Its code is lean and clean, it
works the way it's supposed to and it looks like a great platform that
is designed to connect its projected add-ons."
Like PDF Explode its predecessors, iText 7 will be available for free under the AGPL
license (requiring developers to disclose any additional programming) as
iText 7 Community, or under a commercial license as iText 7 Core, which
will include professional support as well as the ability to add extra
features.
About iText
iText Software is a world-leading company in PDF technology. Founded
by Bruno Lowagie in 2008, the company has grown to offer the world's
largest open source PDF library for developers. As a dedicated member of
the ISO Committee and PDF Association, iText is committed to continually
evolving PDF technology and delivering powerful solutions for its
customers. Learn more about our passion for PDF on our website at www.itextpdf.com.
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