[libreoffice-users] Re: Filling PDF forms with LibreOffice

I reply to myself...

I forgot to say that Inkscape can also be used to edit a pdf.

If the export procedure to a pdf is not satisfactory (mainly on Windows I
think), then print from Inkscape in a Postscript file and do ps2pdf on it to
create the new pdf. In windows just add Ghostscript to obtain the CLI tool
ps2pdf.

The main problem is kerning and partially embedded font if you use Inkscape
to edit an existing pdf. It is possible but you have to work harder.

A pdf is kind of sort of a Postscript file with gz compression. As
Postscript is a printing system describing it's job from top left of a page
(0,0) and line by line, pdf tools that can edit will do it line by line
also. Even Acrobat Professionnal will edit existing text line by line,
loosing kerning and spacing that must be adjusted by hand.
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