veraPDF 1.6 released

The latest release of veraPDF, the industry-supported PDF/A validator, is available to download.

Changes since the last release

Check for updated software

The GUI and CLI are now capable of checking for an updated version of the software. If you’re using the GUI application select “Help->Check for updates”. Command-line users type “verapdf –version -v” to ensure you have the latest features and fixes.

Conformance Checker

Updated validation logic to comply with Technical Working Group resolutions:

Color spaces are now validated when specified in the content stream
A CMap may refer only to predefined CMaps in the ‘usecmap’ operator
OpenType causes an ‘unsupported font type’ error in PDF/A-1 validation

Other conformance checker fixes and improvements:

Fixed calculation of glyph widths for embedded CFF fonts in some special cases
Fixed validation of digital signature ByteRange array
Fixed recursive links of color spaces
Fixed validation of spaces in the indirect object header
Fixed Crypt filter handling
Fixed misprint in ‘Lbl’ structure tag
Added support for glyphs with CIDs > 65535 (with an appropriate validation. error)

Policy checker

Fixed feature extraction from encrypted documents

Test corpus

Added new test files based on Technical Working Group resolutions
Fixed test file for digital signature validation
Fixed test files for Extension Schema definitions in XMP

Other fixes and improvements are documented in the release notes: https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/releases/latest

Download veraPDF

http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip

Help improve veraPDF

Testing and user feedback is key to improving the software. Please be sure you are using the latest release.

If you experience problems, or wish to suggest improvements, please add them to the project’s GitHub issue tracker: https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues or contact us through our mailing list: http://lists.verapdf.org/listinfo/users.

User guides and documentation are published at: http://docs.verapdf.org/.

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