Converting HTML to PDF

XSL-FO Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Converting HTML to PDF

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on HTML to PDF conversion. Topics include steps to convert HTML to PDF documents; Apache FOP command to convert embedded SVG documents; JEuclid 'foprep' command to convert MathML to SVG documents.

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Steps to Convert HTML to PDF

Demonstration of HTML to PDF Conversion

SVG Embedded in HTML Documents

SVG Embedded under Its Own Namespace

MathML Embedded in HTML Documents

Convert Embedded MathML to SVG Documents

Takeaways:

HTML Tidy can be used to convert HTML into XHTML documents.
xhtml2fo.xsl can be used to transform XHTML documents into XSL-FO documents.
Embedded SVG documents needs to be transformed under the SVG namespace.
Apache FOP can be used to render XSL-FO with embedded SVG documents in PDF format.
Not all Web browsers and XSL-FO processors can support embedded MathML documents.
JEuclid "foprep" command can be used to convert embedded MathML documents into SVG documents with some limitations.