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+ PDF::API2
+
+There seem to be a growing plethora of Perl modules for creating and
+manipulating PDF files.
+
+This module is 'The Next Generation' of Text::PDF::API which initially
+provided a nice API around the Text::PDF::* modules created by Martin Hosken.
+
+FEATURES
+
+ . Works with more than one PDF file open at once
+ . It presents a object-oriented API to the user
+ . Supports the 14 base PDF Core Fonts
+ . Supports TrueType fonts
+ . Supports Adobe-Type1 Fonts (pfb/pfa/afm)
+ . Supports native Embedding of bitmap images (jpeg,ppm,png,gif)
+ . Supports modification of existing pdfs
+ and import/cloning of pages