Portable Document Format (PDF)

PDF is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it.

Voir le tableau comparatif de référence Formats de fichiers images les plus utilisés

	PDF
Avantages	Lossless Protects intellectual property Maintains printed format
Inconvénients	Longer browser loading times Non-editable content Not great for complex graphics printing Not really useful as a graphic image
Fonctionnalités
Format sans perte	Oui
Support animation	Non
Support de la transparence	Non
Support des couches	Non
HDR
Développé par	Adobe Systems
Utilisations communes	Fixed layout flat documents
Navigateurs supportés (sans plugin)
Google Chrome	Oui
Microsoft Edge	Oui
Safari	Non
Firefox	Oui
Opera	Oui
Internet Explorer	Oui
Autre
Extensions	.pdf
Wikipédia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format