mutool create

+ +

+The create command creates a new PDF file with the contents created +from one or more input files containing graphics commands. + +

+mutool create [-o output.pdf] [-O options] page1.txt [page2.txt ...]
+

+ +

+If no output file is specified, it will write the created PDF to "out.pdf" in the current directory. + +

+The -O argument is a comma separated list of options for writing the PDF file: + +

decompress +: Decompress all object streams. + +
compress +: Compress all object streams. + +
compress-fonts +: Compress object streams for embedded fonts. + +
compress-images +: Compress object streams for images. + +
ascii +: Encode object streams using ASCII hex encoding. + +
pretty +: Pretty-print objects with indentation. + +
linearize +: Optimize document for progressive loading in viewers. + +
sanitize +: Clean up graphics command in content streams. + +
garbage[=compact|deduplicate] +: Garbage collect unused objects. With compact the cross-reference +table will also be compacted. With deduplicate duplicate objects +will also be recombined. +

+ +

+A page is created for each input file, with the contents of the +file copied into the content stream. Special comments in the +input files are parsed to define the page dimensions and font +and image resources: + +

+%%MediaBox 0 0 500 800
+%%Rotate 90
+%%Font Tm Times-Roman
+%%Font Fn0 path/to/font/file.ttf
+%%Image Im0 path/to/image.png
+

+ +

+An example input file: + +

+%%MediaBox 0 0 595 842
+%%Font F0 Times-Roman
+%%Image I0 logo/mupdf-simplified-logo.png
+
+% Draw an image.
+q
+480 0 0 480 50 250 cm
+/I0 Do
+Q
+
+% Draw a triangle.
+q
+1 0 0 rg
+50 50 m
+100 200 l
+200 50 l
+f
+Q
+
+% Show some text.
+q
+0 0 1 rg
+BT
+/F0 24 Tf
+50 760 Td
+(Hello, world!) Tj
+ET
+Q
+

+ +