Crate pivot_pdf 

PDF creation library for Rust.

pivot-pdf provides a high-level API for building PDF documents programmatically. It is designed for low memory usage, making it suitable for SaaS applications that generate many documents (invoices, reports, contracts, bills of material, etc.).

Quick Start

use pivot_pdf::{DocumentOptions, PdfDocument, BuiltinFont, Rect, TextFlow, TextStyle};

let mut doc = PdfDocument::new(Vec::<u8>::new(), DocumentOptions::default()).unwrap();
doc.set_info("Title", "Hello World");
doc.begin_page(612.0, 792.0);
doc.place_text("Hello, world!", 72.0, 720.0);
doc.end_page().unwrap();
let pdf_bytes = doc.end_document().unwrap();

Key Types

• PdfDocument — the main entry point for building documents
• TextFlow — flowing styled text across multiple pages
• Table — rendering tabular data with flexible styling
• BuiltinFont — the 14 standard PDF fonts (no embedding required)

Feature Highlights

• Incremental page writing: each page is flushed to the writer as it completes, keeping memory constant regardless of document size.
• TrueType fonts: embed custom fonts from .ttf files.
• JPEG and PNG images: embed with automatic fit/fill/stretch modes.
• FlateDecode compression: enable with PdfDocument::set_compression.
• PDF merge: combine existing PDFs with merge_pdfs.

Re-exports

pub use document::DocumentOptions;

pub use document::FormFieldError;

pub use document::Origin;

pub use document::PdfDocument;

pub use fonts::BuiltinFont;

pub use fonts::FontRef;

pub use fonts::TrueTypeFontId;

pub use graphics::Angle;

pub use graphics::Color;

pub use images::ImageFit;

pub use images::ImageId;

pub use merger::merge_pdfs;

pub use merger::MergeOptions;

pub use merger::PdfMergeError;

pub use reader::PdfReadError;

pub use reader::PdfReader;

pub use tables::Cell;

pub use tables::CellOverflow;

pub use tables::CellStyle;

pub use tables::Row;

pub use tables::Table;

pub use tables::TableCursor;

pub use tables::TextAlign;

pub use textflow::FitResult;

pub use textflow::Rect;

pub use textflow::TextFlow;

pub use textflow::TextStyle;

pub use textflow::WordBreak;

Modules

document

High-level PDF document builder.

fonts

Font types and metrics.

graphics

Color types for PDF graphics.

images

Image loading and placement.

merger

PDF merge operations.

objects

PDF object types (ISO 32000-1:2008 §7.3).

reader

PDF reader for parsing existing PDF files.

tables

Table rendering for tabular data.

textflow

Flowing text layout across bounding boxes.

truetype

TrueType font parsing and embedding.

writer

Low-level PDF binary writer.