Features of PDFsharp Library

Version 6.1.0

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This article gives you a detailed overview of the PDFsharp Library 6 features.

Key features

Creates PDF documents on the fly from any .NET language
Easy to understand object model to compose documents
On Windows: One source code for drawing on a PDF page as well as in a window or on the printer
Modify, merge, and split existing PDF files
Images with transparency (color mask, monochrome mask, alpha mask)
Written entirely in C# and available for .NET Framework 4.6.2 / Standard 2.0, .NET 6, and .NET 8
Available on GitHub as open-source library
Choose between 3 build flavors: Core build for all platforms or Windows specific for GDI+ or WPF

Lines, polylines, arcs, Bézier splines, canonical splines, rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, polygons, pies, closed splines, paths
The graphical objects follow the design pattern of System.Drawing. With one set of functions you can draw on a PDF page as well as on a System.Drawing.Graphics object. Your application can render its output in a window, on the printer, or in a PDF document.
XPdfForm objects as templates. Use XGraphics class to create PDF form objects.
RGB, CMYK, and gray scale colors with transparency
Pens and brushes for drawing and filling
GDI+ like predefined colors, pens, and brushes
Matrix transformations
BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and JPEG images
Image masks and transparency
Form XObjects
Clipping through graphical path
Linear gradient brushes