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CHAPTER 3 Syntax
TYPE DESCRIPTION SECTION PAGE
boolean Boolean value 3.2.1 52
byte string A series of 8-bit bytes that represent 3.8.1 157
characters or other binary data. If such a
type represents characters, the encoding
is not identified.
date Date (ASCII string) 3.8.3 160
dictionary Dictionary object 3.2.6 59
file specification File specification (string or dictionary) 3.10 178
function Function (dictionary or stream) 3.9 166
integer Integer number 3.2.2 52
name Name object 3.2.4 56
name tree Name tree (dictionary) 3.8.5 161
null Null object 3.2.8 63
number Number (integer or real) 3.2.2 52
number tree Number tree (dictionary) 3.8.6 166
PDFDocEncoded string Bytes containing a string that has been 3.8.1
encoded using PDFDocEncoding
rectangle Rectangle (array) 3.8.4 161
stream Stream object 3.2.7 60
string Any string that is not a text string. 3.8.1 53
Beginning with PDF 1.7, this type is
further qualified as the types:
PDFDocEncoded string, ASCII string,
and byte string.
text string Bytes that represent characters encoded 3.8.1 158
using either PDFDocEncoding or UTF-
16BE with a leading byte-order marker (as
defined in “Text String Type” on page 158.)
text stream Text stream 3.8.2 160
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