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# Apache&trade; FOP
  - [FOP Home](/fop/)
  - [Download](/fop/download.html)
  - [Quick Start Guide](/fop/quickstartguide.html)
  - [Compliance](/fop/compliance.html)
  - [Getting Help](/fop/gethelp.html)
  - [FAQs](/fop/faq.html)
  - [FOP Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/XMLGRAPHICSFOP)
  - [Mailing Lists](/fop/maillist.html)
  - [License](/fop/license.html)
  - ## Resources
    - [XSL-FO](/fop/fo.html)
    - [Examples](/fop/examples.html)
    - [Bugs](/fop/bugs.html)
    - [Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/XMLGRAPHICSFOP/FrontPage)
    - [Other](/fop/resources.html)
  - ## Project
    - [News](/fop/news.html)
    - [Who We Are](/fop/team.html)
    - [Status](/fop/status.html)
    - [Known Issues](/fop/knownissues.html)
    - [Changes](/fop/changes.html)
  - ## Versions
      - ## FOP Trunk (dev)
          - [Overview](/fop/trunk/)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/trunk/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache&trade; FOP
            - [Build](/fop/trunk/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/trunk/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/trunk/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/trunk/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/trunk/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/trunk/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/trunk/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/trunk/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/trunk/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/trunk/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/trunk/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/trunk/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/trunk/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/trunk/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/trunk/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/trunk/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/trunk/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/trunk/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/trunk/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF Images](/fop/fop-pdf-images.html)
            - [Whitespace Management](/fop/trunk/whitespacemanagement.html)
      - ## FOP 2.5
          - [FOP 2.5 Overview](/fop/2.5/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/2.5/releaseNotes_2.5.html)
          - [Changes (2.5)](/fop/2.5/changes_2.5.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/2.5/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/2.5/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 2.5
            - [Build](/fop/2.5/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/2.5/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/2.5/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/2.5/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/2.5/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/2.5/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/2.5/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/2.5/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/2.5/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/2.5/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/2.5/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/2.5/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/2.5/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/2.5/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/2.5/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/2.5/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/2.5/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/2.5/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/2.5/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF Images](/fop/fop-pdf-images.html)
            - [Whitespace Management](/fop/2.5/whitespacemanagement.html)     
      - ## FOP 2.4
          - [FOP 2.4 Overview](/fop/2.4/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/2.4/releaseNotes_2.4.html)
          - [Changes (2.4)](/fop/2.4/changes_2.4.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/2.4/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/2.4/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 2.4
            - [Build](/fop/2.4/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/2.4/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/2.4/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/2.4/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/2.4/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/2.4/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/2.4/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/2.4/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/2.4/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/2.4/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/2.4/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/2.4/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/2.4/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/2.4/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/2.4/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/2.4/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/2.4/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/2.4/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/2.4/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF Images](/fop/fop-pdf-images.html)
            - [Whitespace Management](/fop/2.4/whitespacemanagement.html)             
      - ## FOP 2.3
          - [FOP 2.3 Overview](/fop/2.3/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/2.3/releaseNotes_2.3.html)
          - [Changes (2.3)](/fop/2.3/changes_2.3.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/2.3/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/2.3/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 2.3
            - [Build](/fop/2.3/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/2.3/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/2.3/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/2.3/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/2.3/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/2.3/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/2.3/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/2.3/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/2.3/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/2.3/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/2.3/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/2.3/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/2.3/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/2.3/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/2.3/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/2.3/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/2.3/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/2.3/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/2.3/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF Images](/fop/fop-pdf-images.html)
            - [Whitespace Management](/fop/2.3/whitespacemanagement.html)            
      - ## FOP 2.2
          - [FOP 2.2 Overview](/fop/2.2/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/2.2/releaseNotes_2.2.html)
          - [Changes (2.2)](/fop/2.2/changes_2.2.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/2.2/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/2.2/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 2.2
            - [Build](/fop/2.2/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/2.2/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/2.2/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/2.2/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/2.2/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/2.2/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/2.2/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/2.2/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/2.2/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/2.2/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/2.2/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/2.2/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/2.2/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/2.2/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/2.2/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/2.2/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/2.2/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/2.2/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/2.2/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF Images](/fop/fop-pdf-images.html)
            - [Whitespace Management](/fop/2.2/whitespacemanagement.html)
      - ## FOP 2.1
          - [FOP 2.1 Overview](/fop/2.1/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/2.1/releaseNotes_2.1.html)
          - [Changes (2.1)](/fop/2.1/changes_2.1.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/2.1/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/2.1/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 2.1
            - [Build](/fop/2.1/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/2.1/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/2.1/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/2.1/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/2.1/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/2.1/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/2.1/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/2.1/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/2.1/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/2.1/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/2.1/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/2.1/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/2.1/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/2.1/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/2.1/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/2.1/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/2.1/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/2.1/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/2.1/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF Images](/fop/fop-pdf-images.html)
            - [Whitespace Management](/fop/2.1/whitespacemanagement.html)
      - ## FOP 2.0
          - [FOP 2.0 Overview](/fop/2.0/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/2.0/releaseNotes_2.0.html)
          - [Changes (2.0)](/fop/2.0/changes_2.0.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/2.0/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/2.0/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 2.0
            - [Build](/fop/2.0/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/2.0/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/2.0/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/2.0/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/2.0/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/2.0/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/2.0/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/2.0/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/2.0/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/2.0/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/2.0/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/2.0/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/2.0/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/2.0/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/2.0/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/2.0/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/2.0/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/2.0/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/2.0/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF Images](/fop/fop-pdf-images.html)
            - [Whitespace Management](/fop/2.0/whitespacemanagement.html)
      - ## FOP 1.1
          - [FOP 1.1 Overview](/fop/1.1/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/1.1/releaseNotes_1.1.html)
          - [Changes (1.1)](/fop/1.1/changes_1.1.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/1.1/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/1.1/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 1.1
            - [Build](/fop/1.1/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/1.1/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/1.1/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/1.1/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/1.1/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/1.1/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Accessibility](/fop/1.1/accessibility.html)
            - [Complex Scripts](/fop/1.1/complexscripts.html)
            - [Events](/fop/1.1/events.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/1.1/extensions.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/1.1/fonts.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/1.1/graphics.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/1.1/hyphenation.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/1.1/intermediate.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/1.1/metadata.html)
            - [Output Targets](/fop/1.1/output.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/1.1/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/1.1/pdfx.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/1.1/pdfencryption.html)
      - ## FOP 1.0
          - [FOP 1.0 Overview](/fop/1.0/)
          - [Release Notes](/fop/1.0/releaseNotes_1.0.html)
          - [Changes (1.0)](/fop/1.0/changes_1.0.html)
          - [Known Issues](/fop/1.0/knownissues_overview.html)
          - [Upgrading](/fop/1.0/upgrading.html)
          - ### Using Apache FOP 1.0
            - [Build](/fop/1.0/compiling.html)
            - [Configure](/fop/1.0/configuration.html)
            - [Run](/fop/1.0/running.html)
            - [Embed](/fop/1.0/embedding.html)
            - [Servlets](/fop/1.0/servlets.html)
            - [Ant Task](/fop/1.0/anttask.html)
          - ### Features
            - [Output Targets](/fop/1.0/output.html)
            - [Intermediate Format](/fop/1.0/intermediate.html)
            - [PDF Encryption](/fop/1.0/pdfencryption.html)
            - [PDF/A](/fop/1.0/pdfa.html)
            - [PDF/X](/fop/1.0/pdfx.html)
            - [Graphics](/fop/1.0/graphics.html)
            - [Fonts](/fop/1.0/fonts.html)
            - [Hyphenation](/fop/1.0/hyphenation.html)
            - [Extensions](/fop/1.0/extensions.html)
            - [Events](/fop/1.0/events.html)
            - [Metadata](/fop/1.0/metadata.html)
            - [Accessibility](/fop/1.0/accessibility.html)
      - ## FOP Development
          - [General Info](/fop/dev/)
          - ## Design
            - [Design Info](/fop/dev/design/)
          - ## Core Process
            - [Startup](/fop/dev/design/startup.html)
            - [XML Parsing](/fop/dev/design/parsing.html)
            - [FO Tree](/fop/dev/design/fotree.html)
            - [Properties](/fop/dev/design/properties.html)
            - [Layout](/fop/dev/design/layout.html)
            - [Break Possibility](/fop/dev/design/breakpos.html)
            - [Area Tree](/fop/dev/design/areas.html)
            - [Renderers](/fop/dev/design/renderers.html)
          - ## Miscellaneous
            - [Images](/fop/dev/design/images.html)
            - [PDF Library](/fop/dev/design/pdf-library.html)
            - [SVG](/fop/dev/design/svg.html)
            - [Embedding](/fop/dev/design/embedding.html)
            - [Extending](/fop/dev/design/extending.html)
            - [Optimisations](/fop/dev/design/optimise.html)
            - [User Agent](/fop/dev/design/useragent.html)
          - [Unresolved (Wiki)](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/XMLGRAPHICSFOP/FOPProjectPages)
          - [SVG](/fop/dev/svg.html)
          - [Extensions](/fop/dev/extensions.html)
          - ## Develop
            - [Walk-Thru](/fop/dev/implement.html)
            - [Patch Queue](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20FOP%20AND%20description%20~%20%22\%22[patch]\%22%22%20AND%20status%20in%20%28Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened%29)
            - [Conventions](/fop/dev/conventions.html)
          - ## Test
            - [Testing](/fop/dev/testing.html)
          - ## Deploy
            - [Doc Mgmt](/fop/dev/doc.html)
            - [Release](/fop/dev/release.html)
            - [Bugs](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20FOP%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20status%20in%20%28Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened%29)
          - ## Resources
            - [FAQs](/fop/dev/faq.html)
            - [Tools](/fop/dev/tools.html)
            - [ViewVC](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlgraphics/fop)
          - ## SubPackages
            - [RTFlib](/fop/dev/rtflib.html)

# Apache&trade; XML Graphics
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    - [Legal Stuff](/legal.html)
    - [Project Charter](/charter.html)
    - [Mailing Lists](/mail.html)
    - [Code Repositories](/repo.html)
    - [ASF Sponsorship Program](https://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html)
    - [ASF Thanks](https://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html)
    - [Licenses](https://www.apache.org/licenses/)
    - [Apache XML Graphics Security](/security.html)
    - [ASF Security](https://www.apache.org/security/)

# Sub Projects
  - [Apache Batik](/batik/)
  - [Apache XML Graphics Commons](/commons/)

### Search Apache XML Graphics

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    <h1>Apache(tm) FOP Version 2.5</h1>
    

    <h1>Apache&trade; FOP Version 2.5</h1>
<h2 id="intro">Introduction</h2>
<p>This is Version 2.5 of Apache FOP. FOP 2.5 contains many bug fixes and a number of improvements. To see what has changed since the last release, please visit <a href="releaseNotes_2.5.html">Release Notes</a>.</p>
<p>This release implements a substantial subset of the W3C XSL-FO 1.1 Recommendation. For a detailed overview of FOP's compliance with this recommendation, see <a href="../compliance.html">Compliance</a>.</p>
<h2 id="upgrading">Upgrading from an earlier version</h2>
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