Paged.js
Make Books
with Browsers
Julie Blanc (@julieblancfr)
Julien Taquet (@john_tax)
Single source publishing
Flux → Pagination
Missing features
Running headers, page number, facing pages, page float, etc.
A free and open source JavaScript library that paginates content in browser
to create PDF outputs of any HTML content
pagedjs.org
Core team
Adam Hyde
Fred Chasen
Julien Taquet
Julie Blanc
Coko Foundation
- Based on W3C web standards
- Open and free tool (MIT licence)
- Visual preview
Semantic content (HTML)
CSS design
Paged.js script
Paginated display of content
W3C / specifications
Respect of standards
Polyfill
Code that implements features on web browsers
that do not support the features
How paged.js works ?
Features
Page size and margins
Symetric margins
Page breaks
Page breaks
Avoid page breaks
Page numbers
String-set (running headers and footers)
Pseudo class selectors for pages
Blank pages
Named pages
Columns layout
Cross references
Open-source
- Political point of view: free access
- Pragmatic point of view: collaboration
Single source publishing
