Technical Tales

A growing collection of technical articles and insights from the iText team and contributors, highlighting new features, implementation patterns, and real-world PDF use cases.

Welcome to Technical Tales

Technical Tales is a collection of articles from iText’s in-house development team, providing background and insights into how we implement new features and improvements into the world’s foremost open-source PDF library: iText Core, and the range of add-on modules available in the iText Suite PDF SDK.

What You'll Discover

Explore hands-on examples and practical guidance relevant to real implementations of iText, such as:

• Document Automation - Streamlining PDF generation workflows at scale

• Digital Signatures - Implementing secure, compliant e-signature solutions

• Compliance & Standards – Working with PDF/A, PDF/UA, and other regulatory requirements

• Enterprise Integration - Embedding iText into mission-critical business systems

• Technical Challenges - Tackling tricky PDF processing, performance, and edge cases

Learn from Real Implementations

Each article typically covers:

• The use case, constraints, and technical requirements

• The chosen implementation approach and architectural considerations

• Issues encountered and how they were resolved

• Code examples, configuration details, and practical tips

Whether you're building invoice or report generators, implementing digital signing workflows, working on accessibility or archival compliance, or debugging complex PDF behavior, these stories from our development team aim to inform and inspire the global iText community.