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koala73/worldmonitorSep 22, 2026 → Sep 23, 20261 day between releases
What's New
TextItem gains color attributes and document metadata is now fully extracted
New Features
- TextItem now exposes fill_color, stroke_color, and render_mode
- Document information dictionary fields (Author, Subject, etc.) are now read
- PDF titles are decoded as proper text strings
- Text rendered with the `"` operator is now extracted
Improvements
- Decoding of PDF titles is improved
- Handling of invisible text layers and ActualText spans is improved
- Small type lines are separated correctly
Bug Fixes
- Small type lines no longer merge words incorrectly
- ActualText span weight calculation is corrected
Upgrade Notes
Existing code parsing TextItem objects must handle new color and render mode fields. Metadata extraction now includes Author, Subject, and Keywords.
The Two Releases
v1.23.0
1.23.0 — Text-layer repairs
Sep 22, 2026· 30 days ago
A maintenance release dedicated to repairing text-layer extraction issues, including handling invisible layers, right-to-left text, and ToUnicode CMap gaps.
Full release notesv1.24.0
1.24.0 — Text paint and document information
Sep 23, 2026· 29 days ago
An update to the PDF inspector focusing on enhanced text extraction capabilities, specifically regarding text painting, document metadata, and text-layer rendering.
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