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by rafaelmn 564 days ago
Is Canvas really suitable for PDFs ? Afaik it's immediate mode bitmap graphics - so PDFs would just be embedded bitmaps ?
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adrianh 564 days ago
We do indeed generate vector PDFs, not embedded bitmaps.

Our graphics engine works with Canvas API instructions — like "draw a line from point (A,B) to (C,D)." This API is small enough and low-level enough that it can also generate pristine vector output.

That's in fact one of the features of Skia Canvas (vector output in PDF and SVG).

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rafaelmn 564 days ago
Ah nice didn't know it had a PDF backend - that sounds perfect for this use case.
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