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jarretth/tcpdf
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TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF documents.

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```
TCPDF - README
forked shamelessly
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I WISH TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND TCPDF BUT I NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
PLEASE MAKE A DONATION:
http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076

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Name: TCPDF
Version: 5.9.205
Release date: 2013-02-06
Author:	Nicola Asuni

Copyright (c) 2002-2013:
	Nicola Asuni
	Tecnick.com LTD
	Manor Coach House, Church Hill
	Aldershot, Hants, GU12 4RQ
	UK
	www.tecnick.com

URLs:
	http:  www.tcpdf.org
	http:  www.sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf

Description:
	TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF files on-the-fly without requiring external extensions.

Main Features:
    * no external libraries are required for the basic functions;
    * all standard page formats, custom page formats, custom margins and units of measure;
    * UTF-8 Unicode and Right-To-Left languages;
    * TrueTypeUnicode, OpenTypeUnicode v1, TrueType, OpenType v1, Type1 and CID-0 fonts;
    * font subsetting;
    * methods to publish some XHTML + CSS code, Javascript and Forms;
    * images, graphic (geometric figures) and transformation methods;
    * supports JPEG, PNG and SVG images natively, all images supported by GD (GD, GD2, GD2PART, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM) and all images supported via ImagMagick (http:  www.imagemagick.org/www/formats.html)
    * 1D and 2D barcodes: CODE 39, ANSI MH10.8M-1983, USD-3, 3 of 9, CODE 93, USS-93, Standard 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, CODE 128 A/B/C, 2 and 5 Digits UPC-Based Extention, EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, UPC-E, MSI, POSTNET, PLANET, RMS4CC (Royal Mail 4-state Customer Code), CBC (Customer Bar Code), KIX (Klant index - Customer index), Intelligent Mail Barcode, Onecode, USPS-B-3200, CODABAR, CODE 11, PHARMACODE, PHARMACODE TWO-TRACKS, Datamatrix, QR-Code, PDF417;
    * JPEG and PNG ICC profiles, Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, Spot Colors and Transparencies;
    * automatic page header and footer management;
    * document encryption up to 256 bit and digital signature certifications;
    * transactions to UNDO commands;
    * PDF annotations, including links, text and file attachments;
    * text rendering modes (fill, stroke and clipping);
    * multiple columns mode;
    * no-write page regions;
    * bookmarks, named destinations and table of content;
    * text hyphenation;
    * text stretching and spacing (tracking);
    * automatic page break, line break and text alignments including justification;
    * automatic page numbering and page groups;
    * move and delete pages;
    * page compression (requires php-zlib extension);
    * XOBject Templates;
	* Layers and object visibility.
	* PDF/A-1b support.

Installation (full instructions on http:  www.tcpdf.org):
	1. copy the folder on your Web server
	2. set your installation path and other parameters on the config/tcpdf_config.php
	3. call the examples/example_001.php page with your browser to see an example

Source Code Documentation:
	http://www.tcpdf.org

Additional Documentation:
	http://www.tcpdf.org

License
	Copyright (C) 2002-2013  Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD

	TCPDF is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
	under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
	published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
	License, or (at your option) any later version.

	TCPDF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
	WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
	See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the License
	along with TCPDF. If not, see
	.

	See LICENSE.TXT file for more information.

Third party fonts
	This library includes third party font files released with different licenses.
	These fonts are not required by TCPDF but have been included as you convenience.
	The original TTF font files have been renamed for compatibility with TCPDF and compressed using the gzcompress PHP function that uses the ZLIB data format (.z files).
	To get the original distribution archives please check the information on fonts subfolders:
	 - DejaVu fonts 2.33 (Bitstream) - Copyright, License and other info: fonts/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.33
	 - GNU FreeFont (GNU-GPLv3) - Copyright, License and other info: fonts/freefont-20100919

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```

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 24% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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