PDF Geometry Desk

Read-only preflight / pages, not promises

Know the page before you edit it.

Inspect PDF page boxes, visible dimensions, rotation, UserUnit and metadata with a small local, read-only command-line tool.

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    01 / Reproducible tutorial

    Why two A4 PDF pages can have different visible dimensions

    Inspect a three-page synthetic PDF and distinguish media size, clipping and rotation before opening an editor.

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    02 / Method & limitations

    MediaBox, CropBox and UserUnit: the limits of a geometry preflight

    Understand intersection-based visible size, quarter-turn rotation, metadata and restricted encrypted files.