SECTION 8.4
631
Anno ta tions
Rect
18 pt
18 pt
Square annotation
Circle annotation
FIGURE 8.8
Square and circle annotations
TABLE 8.28 Additional entries specific to a square or circle annotation
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
Subtype
name
dictionary
(Required)
The type of annotation that this dictionary describes; must be
Square
or
Circle
for a square or circle annotation, respectively.
(Optional)
A border style dictionary (see Table 8.17 on page 611) specifying the
line width and dash pattern to be used in drawing the rectangle or ellipse.
Note:
The annotation dictionary’s
AP
entry, if present, takes precedence over the
Rect
and
BS
entries; see Table 8.15 on page 606 and Section 8.4.4, “Appearance
BS
IC
array
(Optional; PDF 1.4)
An array of numbers in the range 0.0 to 1.0 specifying the
interior color
with which to fill the annotation’s rectangle or ellipse. The number
of array elements determines the color space in which the color is defined:
0
1
3
4
No color; transparent
DeviceGray
DeviceRGB
DeviceCMYK
BE
dictionary
(Optional; PDF 1.5)
A
border effect dictionary
describing an effect applied to the
border described by the
BS
entry (see Table 8.18).