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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>pdfTeX has several features not available in standard TeX: </p> <ul><li>Native <a href="/facts/TrueType/6kBap0kH">TrueType</a> and <a href="/facts/Type_1_font/rfd5B17Y">Type 1 font</a> embedding</li> <li>Micro-typographic extensions such as margin <a href="/facts/Kerning/BBIozGt4">kerning</a> and font expansion</li> <li>Direct access to PDF-specific features such as hyperlinks, tables of contents and document information</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_TeX_extensions/u2026hQL">List of TeX extensions</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_PDF_software/nDD0mQ1B">List of PDF software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/LuaTeX/6PL2Bl2P">LuaTeX</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/XeTeX/BJjY2V3R">XeTeX</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/">pdfTeX project page</a></li> <li><a href="http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/CTAN/systems/doc/pdftex/manual/pdftex-a.pdf">pdfTeX manual</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.pragma-ade.com/pdftex/thesis.pdf">Micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system</a> - dissertation by Hàn Thế Thành</li> <li><a href="https://tug.org/interviews/thanh.html">2008 interview</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Micro-typographic extensions to the TEX typesetting system" (PDF). pragma-ade.com. October 2000. Retrieved 2025-01-09. <a href="http://www.pragma-ade.com/pdftex/thesis.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.pragma-ade.com/pdftex/thesis.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"TeX catalogue online". Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2007-09-12. <a href="https://archive.today/20130904030834/http://web.archive.org/web/20010124043000/http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pdftex.html" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130904030834/http://web.archive.org/web/20010124043000/http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pdftex.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Documentation - TeX Live - TeX Users Group". www.tug.org. Retrieved 2020-11-14. <a href="https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc.html" target="_blank">https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Christian Schenk : MiKTeX 2.5: pdfetex becomes default engine. dojo.miktex.org. Archived 2007-09-07 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/2006/05/16/488.aspx" target="_blank">http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/2006/05/16/488.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"LuaMetaTeX - README". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-08-18. <a href="https://github.com/contextgarden/luametatex/blob/main/README.adoc" target="_blank">https://github.com/contextgarden/luametatex/blob/main/README.adoc</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>