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Text Extraction, Rendering and Converting of PDF Documents

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Last GitHub push: Aug 30, 2026
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pdf_text() hangs indefinitely on a specific PDF that pdftotext handles correctly Open

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ropensci/pdftools#144 · Opened May 28, 2026
`pdf_render_page()` does not seem to preserve any (semi-)transparency Open

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ropensci/pdftools#141 · 7 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2026
pdf-view-mode complains about display-line-numbers-mode even though it's in pdf-view-incompatible-modes Open

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ropensci/pdftools#137 · Opened May 28, 2025
single page pdf_convert() should not format filenames Open

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ropensci/pdftools#136 · Opened Mar 7, 2025
pdf_data(pdf, font_info = TRUE) crashes R 4.4.1 on Windows Open

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ropensci/pdftools#132 · Opened Oct 1, 2024
Compiling pdftools in miniconda on Windows Open

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ropensci/pdftools#130 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 19, 2024
Can pdftools distinguish between radio and checkbox entries on a fillable form? Open

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ropensci/pdftools#129 · Opened Mar 29, 2024
`pkg-config` also required for install on macOS Open

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ropensci/pdftools#128 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 9, 2023
feature request: pdf_deflate() Open

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ropensci/pdftools#127 · Opened Aug 9, 2023
Badly formatted number Open

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ropensci/pdftools#126 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 12, 2023
Installing issue (looks due to qpdf dependecy) Open

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ropensci/pdftools#124 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 24, 2023
Install pdftools 1.8 in Windows Open

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ropensci/pdftools#123 · Opened Mar 30, 2023
Compatibility pdftools + R 4.2.1/4.2.2 Open

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ropensci/pdftools#120 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 24, 2023
installation error in pdftools Open

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ropensci/pdftools#119 · Opened Jan 9, 2023
poppler install on Centos 7: "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" Open

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ropensci/pdftools#113 · Opened May 2, 2022
Error messages Open

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ropensci/pdftools#110 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 5, 2022
Missing font Open

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ropensci/pdftools#107 · 13 comments · Opened Feb 14, 2022
Add functions re-exported from qpdf in the pkgdown reference index? Open

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ropensci/pdftools#104 · Opened Jan 10, 2022
missing fmt argument Open

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ropensci/pdftools#103 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 7, 2022
pdftools::pdf_text not recognizing all spaces Open

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ropensci/pdftools#100 · Opened Nov 8, 2021
A sentence from columns Open

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ropensci/pdftools#95 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 8, 2021
Suggestion to note changes to pdf_text() processing in poppler version 20.12.1 Open

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ropensci/pdftools#92 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 16, 2021
Is there a way to set the "Initial View" of a PDF? Open

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ropensci/pdftools#80 · Opened Jul 31, 2020
Issue using pdf_text Open

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ropensci/pdftools#79 · Opened Jun 21, 2020
Extract images from pdf Open

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ropensci/pdftools#78 · 1 comment · Opened May 13, 2020
Invalid Font Weight/Illegal character Open

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ropensci/pdftools#75 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 27, 2020
Add `path` argument to `pdf_convert()` Open

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ropensci/pdftools#73 · 3 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Dec 29, 2019
feature to extract references? Open

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ropensci/pdftools#72 · Opened Oct 7, 2019
filename encoding bug on Windows Open

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ropensci/pdftools#69 · 6 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2019
Can pdf_text parse a subset of page numbers? Open

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ropensci/pdftools#66 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 26, 2019
Possible memory leak Open

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ropensci/pdftools#64 · 10 comments · Opened Jun 22, 2019
getting weird characters for a simple date Open

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ropensci/pdftools#63 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 12, 2019
import issues with pdf_text Open

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ropensci/pdftools#61 · Opened Apr 10, 2019
pdf_data(): column space is not documented Open

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ropensci/pdftools#60 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 8, 2019
Normalizing Mathematical Pi Open

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ropensci/pdftools#59 · Opened Mar 13, 2019
miss reading of fi and fl Open

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ropensci/pdftools#54 · Opened Jan 16, 2019
pdf_text returns empty strings for specific files V2 Open

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ropensci/pdftools#42 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2018
PDF error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica' Open

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ropensci/pdftools#38 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 10, 2018
Some pages in some pdfs are quite slowly converted to pngs Open

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ropensci/pdftools#37 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 21, 2018
Reference Tabula / tabulizer in README Open

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ropensci/pdftools#34 · 2 comments · Opened May 24, 2018
missing data on pdf's with different page sizes Open

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ropensci/pdftools#31 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 3, 2018
Render to svg via cairo Open

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ropensci/pdftools#30 · Opened Apr 3, 2018
Page orientation Open

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ropensci/pdftools#28 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 14, 2018
Inserts empty lines and spaces between letters of random words Open

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ropensci/pdftools#27 · Opened Feb 27, 2018
Feature Request: extract images from pdfs Open

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ropensci/pdftools#23 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 10, 2018
pdf_render_page bitmap triggers error with writeTIFF Open

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ropensci/pdftools#22 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 26, 2017
Missing ZapfDingbats on Windows Open

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ropensci/pdftools#19 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 5, 2017
Greyscale rendering Open

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ropensci/pdftools#16 · Opened Jun 7, 2017
Add link to tesseract in the README? Open

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ropensci/pdftools#12 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 23, 2016
What went wrong parsing this pdf? Open

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ropensci/pdftools#11 · Opened Oct 10, 2016

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