CHAPTER 3
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Syntax
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
SECTION
PAGE
boolean
byte string
Boolean value
A series of 8-bit bytes that represent
characters or other binary data. If such a
type represents characters, the encoding
is not identified.
Date (ASCII string)
Dictionary object
File specification (string or dictionary)
Function (dictionary or stream)
Integer number
Name object
Name tree (dictionary)
Null object
Number (integer or real)
Number tree (dictionary)
Bytes containing a string that has been
encoded using PDFDocEncoding
Rectangle (array)
Stream object
Any string that is not a text string.
Beginning with PDF 1.7, this type is
further qualified as the types:
PDFDocEncoded string, ASCII string,
and byte string.
date
dictionary
file specification
function
integer
name
name tree
null
number
number tree
PDFDocEncoded string
rectangle
stream
string
text string
Bytes that represent characters encoded
using either PDFDocEncoding or UTF-
16BE with a leading byte-order marker (as
defined in “Text String Type” on page 158.)
Text stream
text stream