Some experience of htmlpreview.github.io as a replacement for rawgit.com
Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/01
With [Wayback/Archive] rawgit.com having sunset years ago, but still having a [Wayback/Archive] few links to it from my blog, it was time to take a closer look at the alternative [Wayback/Archive] htmlpreview.github.io.
First of all, htmlpreview needs more examples. I might submit a pull request for it later, as it is open source at [Archive/Archive] htmlpreview/htmlpreview.github.com: HTML Preview for GitHub Repositories.
Second, some actual example URLs, based on content I previously accessed through rawgit.com.
But first a new example which I created after rawgit.com died, and really required me to look into alternatives like htmlpreview: a gist referenced from a blog post that got live this summer: Some links on PostScript books and online content, back from the days.
It resulted in this html gist: [Wayback/Archive] The rainbow of PostScript related books by Adobe. with link gist.github.com/jpluimers/9a50d0ba14fe975906ea8788a352e269 (the full html is below the signature).
From that, if the gist has just one html file, two htmlpreview links will work exactly the same:
- htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/9a50d0ba14fe975906ea8788a352e269/raw/
- htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/9a50d0ba14fe975906ea8788a352e269/raw/cde35d4a6b55050206d70daa597d04590585a419/PostScriptBooks.html
If you have multiple html files in your gist, then you need to specify the actual html file, but with one you can omit the cde35d4a6b55050206d70daa597d04590585a419/PostScriptBooks.html part.
A few remarks before trying other URLs:
- The speed seems to have improved since I first mentioned htmlpreview years ago in Hosting an HTML gist containing JavaScript.
- The result cannot be saved in the WayBack machine (see WayBack1 and WayBack2) as the rendering is done client side, and the WayBack machine bot cannot save that.
- Archive Today saving does work, see Archive1 and Archive2.
The other still relevant gist is mentioned in my blog post Decode URLs from The Great Suspender after a browser restart fails to reload them, and is at [Wayback/Archive] Decode URLs from The Great Suspender after a browser restart fails to reload them.
Since this is a single-html-file gist, the raw file is at both these URLs:
- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/5c2093a68a775e1d1f5e743a34735548/raw/
- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/5c2093a68a775e1d1f5e743a34735548/raw/51de8f0bd98e499e345db2fbd346f862a64a0f40/20160826-Resurrect-Great-Suspender-URL.html
The htmlpreview URLs then are these:
- [Archive] htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/5c2093a68a775e1d1f5e743a34735548/raw/
- [Archive] htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/5c2093a68a775e1d1f5e743a34735548/raw/51de8f0bd98e499e345db2fbd346f862a64a0f40/20160826-Resurrect-Great-Suspender-URL.html
What I really like about htmlpreview is that the original gist URLs are still clearly visible, so it is easier to switch back to the original gists.
The innards of htmlpreview
Another thing I like is that it is a very small code base which is easy to grasp. If you want to learn, then take a look here:
- Repository [Wayback/Archive] htmlpreview/htmlpreview.github.com: HTML Preview for GitHub Repositories
- HTML [Wayback/Archive] htmlpreview.github.com/index.html at master · htmlpreview/htmlpreview.github.com
- JavaScript [Wayback/Archive] htmlpreview.github.com/htmlpreview.js at master · htmlpreview/htmlpreview.github.com
The HTML renders different depending on the URL having a parameter or not: without a parameter you can ender a Bitbucket or GitHub URL. With parameter, it renders that URL.
It either does CORS (Cross-origin resource sharing) proxying itself or makes use of api.codetabs.com as CORS proxy service so I did a quick search for [Wayback/Archive] “https://api.codetabs.com” – Google Search revealing that too is both open source (so you can host it yourself) and easy to use:
- [Wayback/Archive] javascript – How to use Exif library to roate an image? – Stack Overflow
C
Access to XMLHttpRequest has been blocked by CORS policy: No ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ header is present on the requested resource. Not sure what to do with it. – [Wayback/Archive] phamng
C
That happens if the domain from which you’re executing the javascript and the source of the image are different or if both sources are the same but the server does not return the appropriate header. You can try serving the image via a proxy. Append
https://api.codetabs.com/v1/proxy?quest=to the url. – [Wayback/Archive] obscureNote that obscure meant “prepend” in stead of “append”
- [Wayback/Archive] CodeTabs CORS proxy (which is free for low-frequency requests):
CORS ProxyTo bypass same-origin policy related to AJAX requests to third party services allowing access resources from any website.
You can use to prevent mixed content of images and JSON data proxying the resources to serve them under https.API - CORS proxy server documentation: [Wayback/Archive] jolav/codetabs: Free Online Services. Github/GitLab star history. Count Lines of Code. CORS proxy server. IP GeoLocation. Convert Video to Gif. HTTP Headers. Api weather temp. Alexa ranking. – CORS proxy server
- [Wayback/Archive] CORS Proxy
- Free CORS proxy server to bypass same-origin policy related to performing standard AJAX requests to 3rd party services.
You can use to prevent mixed content of images and JSON data proxying the resources to serve them under https. - API URL =>
"https://api.codetabs.com/v1/proxy?quest=<url_to_http_resource>" - Each request is limited to 5mb size download to avoid abuse.
- Only suppports GET request.
- Limit : 5 request per second. Once reached subsequent requests will result in error 429 (too many requests) until your quota is cleared.
…
Endpoint – Do cors proxyhttp Request :
GET https://api.codetabs.com/v1/proxy?quest=<url_to_http_resource>
Examples
Access resources from other website :
https://api.codetabs.com/v1/proxy?quest=<url_to_http_resource>
Serve an http image as https preventing mixed content :
https://api.codetabs.com/v1/proxy?quest=<url_to_http_resource> - Free CORS proxy server to bypass same-origin policy related to performing standard AJAX requests to 3rd party services.
- [Wayback/Archive] CORS Proxy
- Golang CORS proxy server source code: [Wayback/Archive] codetabs/loc at master · jolav/codetabs
References
- [Wayback/Archive] RawGit has reached the end of its useful life October 8, 2018
- [Wayback/Archive] git – View rendered output of a gist? – Stack Overflow has more alternatives
–jeroen
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html lang="en"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> | |
| <title>The rainbow of PostScript related books by Adobe.</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <!– Typographical devices such as the asterisk (*) or dagger (†) may also be used to point to notes; | |
| the traditional order of these symbols in English is *, †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶.[1] | |
| Other symbols, including the #, Δ, ◊, ↓, and ☞, have also been used.[2][3] | |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_(typography) –> | |
| <body> | |
| <p>In my preferred order of reading.</p> | |
| <p>Note:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>[W] or W: = WayBack link</li> | |
| <li>[A] or A: = Acrhive link</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <table id="PostScriptBooks" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> | |
| <thead align="left"> | |
| <tr style="border-top: thin solid black;"> | |
| <th rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top">Color</th> | |
| <th>ISBN</th> | |
| <th>PDF and 2nd</th> | |
| <th>Title</th> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <th>Nickname</th> | |
| <th>hand links</th> | |
| <th>Publisher, Year</th> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <th></th> | |
| <th></th> | |
| <th>Notes</th> | |
| </tr> | |
| </thead> | |
| <tbody> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: blue; color: blue;">█</td> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-10179-3</td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td><b>PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td><a href="https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Blue+Book">Blue book</a> | |
| [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200925020249/https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/blue+book">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/bcutM">A</a>]</td> | |
| <td><a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000830115340if_/http://www-cdf.fnal.gov:80/offline/PostScript/BLUEBOOK.PDF">W: | |
| PDF</a></td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, 1985. | |
| <br>Second printing (the PDF) is from August 1985, first printing is unclear. | |
| <br>You can download the accompanying Blue book code at [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211016140635/http://www.inf.ufes.br/~thomas/graphics/Postscript/BlueBook/CODE/">W</a>] | |
| <br><a | |
| href="http://www.inf.ufes.br/~thomas/graphics/Postscript/BlueBook/CODE/">http://www.inf.ufes.br/~thomas/graphics/Postscript/BlueBook/CODE/</a> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: green; color: green;">█</td> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-14396-8</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211013090527/https://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780201143966">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/wjgnF">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780201143966">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>PostScript Language Program Design</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td><a href="https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Green+Book">Green book</a> | |
| [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211013092743/https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Green+Book">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/h3UGE">A</a>]</td> | |
| <td><a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000901080509if_/http://www-cdf.fnal.gov:80/offline/PostScript/GREENBK.PDF">W: | |
| PDF</a></td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, February 1990. | |
| <br>You can download the accompanying Green book code at [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211015152839/http://www.inf.ufes.br/~thomas/graphics/Postscript/GreenBook/CODE/">W</a>] | |
| <br><a | |
| href="http://www.inf.ufes.br/~thomas/graphics/Postscript/GreenBook/CODE/">http://www.inf.ufes.br/~thomas/graphics/Postscript/GreenBook/CODE/</a> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td rowspan="6" style="background-color: red; color: red;">█</td> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-10174-2</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211013090302/https://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780201101744">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/9mH8p">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780201101744">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>PostScript Language Reference Manual, 1st Edition</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td><a href="https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Red+Book">Red book</a> | |
| [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211013092620/https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Red+Book">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/4vjxD">A</a>]</td> | |
| <td>???</td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, 1985.</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-18127-4</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211013090047/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30919979778">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/6Qbe2">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30919979778">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>PostScript Language Reference Manual, 2nd Edition</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Red book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210428215455if_/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/psrefman.pdf">W</a>] | |
| <a | |
| href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/psrefman.pdf">PDF</a> | |
| [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011117075728if_/http://www-cdf.fnal.gov:80/offline/PostScript/PLRM2.pdf">W2</a> | |
| *] | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, December 1990.</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-37922-8</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211015104606/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30807319283">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/Wx5Jo">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30807319283">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>PostScript Language Reference, 3rd Edition</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td>Red book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211008212616if_/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/PLRM.pdf">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/PLRM.pdf">PDF</a> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, February 1999. | |
| <br>This is the definitive description of the PostScript language. | |
| <br>Be sure to also download the [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211015145825/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/PS3010and3011.Supplement.pdf">W</a>] | |
| <a | |
| href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/actionscript/articles/PS3010and3011.Supplement.pdf">PostScript | |
| ® Language Reference Supplement</a> | |
| <br> (Adobe PostScript 3 Version 3010 and 3011 Product Supplement, 30 August 1999) | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: black; color: black;">█</td> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-57044-0</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211015105033/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31022577996">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/fLcNR">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31022577996">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>Adobe Type 1 Font Format</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: white; color: white;">█</td> | |
| <td><a href="https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/white+book">White book</a> | |
| [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211013092423/https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/white+book">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/Sh6tF">A</a>] †</td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, 1990.</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript#Further_reading">Black book</a> | |
| [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211015104012/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript#Further_reading">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/IQ0MK">A</a>] †</td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: purple; color: purple;">█</td> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-58135-3</td> | |
| <td>[W] [A] book</td> | |
| <td><b>Programming the Display PostScript System with Next</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Purple book</td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, 1991. </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: MediumPurple; color: MediumPurple;">█</td> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-62203-3</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014215202/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30960438797">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/RnxiW">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30960438797">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>Programming the Display PostScript System with X</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Light purple book</td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, 1993.</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td rowspan="16" style="background-color: grey; color: grey;">█</td> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-10174-2</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014214840/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30847330619">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/bmlMQ">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30847330619">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>Portable Document Format Reference Manual</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, 1993.</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-62628-4 ‡</td> | |
| <td>[W] [A] book</td> | |
| <td><b>Portable Document Format Reference Manual Version 1.1</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://ia601400.us.archive.org/7/items/Portable-Pocument-Format-Reference-Manual-Version-1.1.ISBN_0-201-62628-4/Portable-Pocument-Format-Reference-Manual-Version-1.1.ISBN_0-201-62628-4.pdf">W</a>] | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, March 1996.</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-62628-4 ‡</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014213811/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30756916111">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/bn7fW">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30756916111">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>Portable Document Format Reference Manual Version 1.2</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/19961219053721if_/http://www.adobe.com:80/supportservice/devrelations/PDFS/TN/PDFSPEC.PDF">W</a>] | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, November 1996.</td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-61588-6</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212849/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30800450387">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/wip/KJTiZ">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30800450387">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>PDF Reference, Second Edition, Version 1.3</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190501115442if_/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/PDFReference13.pdf">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/PDFReference13.pdf">PDF</a> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, July 2000. | |
| <br>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011082512/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000316.shtml">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000316.shtml">PDF_1_3</a> | |
| (which covers version 1.0, 1.1 and 1.3) | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-201-75839-3</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211017185532/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30919715222">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/NjF8b">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30919715222">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>PDF Reference, Third Edition, Version 1.4</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210801214003if_/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/pdf_reference_archives/PDFReference.pdf">W</a>]<a | |
| href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/pdf_reference_archives/PDFReference.pdf">PDF</a> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley, December 2001. | |
| <br>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011180237/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000122.shtml">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000122.shtml">PDF_1_4</a> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN N/A</td> | |
| <td>PDF-only</td> | |
| <td><b>PDF Reference, Fourth Edition, Version 1.5</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211006011302if_/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive/PDFReference15_v6.pdf">W</a>]<a | |
| href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive/PDFReference15_v6.pdf">PDF</a> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, August 2003. | |
| <br>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211008013608/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000123.shtml">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000123.shtml">PDF_1_5</a> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN 0-321-30474-8 </td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211017111920/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30812782678">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/u0lfh">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30812782678">book</a></td> | |
| <td><b>PDF Reference, Fifth Edition, version 1.6</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211008013608/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000123.shtml">W</a>]<a | |
| href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000123.shtml">PDF</a></td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, Adobe Press, November 2004 | |
| <br>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011092752/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000276.shtml">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000276.shtml">PDF_1_6</a> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td>ISBN N/A</td> | |
| <td>PDF-only</td> | |
| <td><b>PDF Reference, Sixth Edition, Version 1.7</b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"> | |
| <td>Grey book</td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101110133335/http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_reference_1-7.pdf">W</a>]<a | |
| href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive/pdf_reference_1-7.pdf">PDF</a> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>Adobe Systems Incorporated, November 2006. | |
| <br>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011080944/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000277.shtml">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000277.shtml">PDF_1_7</a> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td>ISBN N/A</td> | |
| <td>PDF-only</td> | |
| <td><b>Document management — Portable document format — Part 1: PDF 1.7</b></td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr style="border-bottom: thin solid black; vertical-align:top;"> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td></td> | |
| <td>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101110133600if_/http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/PDF32000_2008.pdf">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/PDF32000_2008.pdf">PDF</a> | |
| </td> | |
| <td>First Edition. 2008-7-1 <br>[<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011080944/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000277.shtml">W</a>] | |
| <a href="https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000277.shtml">PDF_1_7</a> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </tbody> | |
| </table> | |
| Notes: | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>* W2 misses from the front page until ISBN information, and back page.</li> | |
| <li>† the Adobe Type Font Format book has two nick names ("White book" and "Black book") because the [<a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211015105033/https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31022577996">W</a>] | |
| [<a href="https://archive.is/fLcNR">A</a>] <a | |
| href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31022577996">cover</a> has the top 25% in black | |
| and the bottom 75% in white. I'm not sure about the spine. Hopefully one day I will have this book again. | |
| </li> | |
| <li>‡ indeed ISBN 0-201-62628-4 is shared by both Version 1.1 and Version 1.2 of the Portable Document Format | |
| Reference Manual.</li> | |
| <li>There are way more PDF files about fonts specifications and font design available, that are not printed | |
| books with ISBN numbers. | |
| <p> | |
| They are still under individual files under <a | |
| href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/">http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/</a> | |
| without a nice index, so the best index to use was this wayback index: <a | |
| href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/*">https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/*</a>. | |
| </p> | |
| Nowadays the files are under <a | |
| href="https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/font-tech-notes/tree/main/pdfs">github.com/adobe-type-tools/font-tech-notes/tree/main/pdfs</a> | |
| and index under <a | |
| href="https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/font-tech-notes/tree/main/pdfs">github.com/adobe-type-tools/font-tech-notes/tree/main/pdfs</a><br> | |
| Each file under <a | |
| href="https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/">http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/</a> | |
| maps to the same file under <a | |
| href="https://adobe-type-tools.github.io/font-tech-notes/pdfs/">adobe-type-tools.github.io/font-tech-notes/pdfs/</a> | |
| which itself gives a 404. | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| Based on lots of Googling after reading these pages: | |
| <br>http://mill2.chem.ucl.ac.uk/ccp/web-mirrors/ghostscript/~ghost/doc/books.htm | |
| <br>https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000030.shtml | |
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