PDF to PDF/A
PDF/A is the archival standard that many institutions and courts require for long-term submissions. It embeds fonts and colour information so the document renders the same decades from now, on software that does not exist yet. It is free, needs no account, and adds no watermark to your result.
PDF to PDF/A
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What happens to your file.
The document is reprocessed through a colour-managed Ghostscript pipeline targeting PDF/A-2b, which embeds the fonts used, normalises colour handling, and removes constructs the standard disallows.
Where it stops: Conversion can fail if a font cannot legally be embedded because of its licence. Some interactive features, such as embedded media, are not permitted in PDF/A and are dropped by design.
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Common questions.
What is the difference between PDF and PDF/A?
PDF/A is a restricted subset built for preservation. Everything needed to render the file, especially fonts, must be inside the document, and features that depend on external resources are not allowed.
Why does my file look slightly different afterwards?
Colour is converted through a managed profile and non-embeddable fonts are substituted, which can shift appearance slightly. That trade-off is what makes the file reproducible long-term.
Which PDF/A level is produced?
PDF/A-2b, the compliance level most commonly accepted for general archival submissions.
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