Converting pdf to vector image

Kasper picture Kasper · Jun 21, 2013 · Viewed 20.3k times · Source

I'm trying to use pdf content (mathematics) in my webpage. I basically want to convert the pdf to some vector image. Converting the pdf to swf does the job very well, but as flash isn't supported on every platform, I'm trying to find another solution.

I read about svg, but as those pdf's contain a lot of mathematics, the result of the converters I found is really ugly and incorrect.

I've also thought about retyping the latex, and displaying it using mathjax, in some way this is the best solution, but also very time consuming.

The only thing I want is to convert it to a nice vector image, I don't want to change the content, or anything else. Besides converting to swf or retyping it, is there any other solution ?

Edit: this is svg output
and here original pdf

Answer

Kasper picture Kasper · Jun 21, 2013

The only solution I could find is illustrator. Just open the pdf, save as svg, and choose to embed all used glyphs. Result is perfect:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58922976/Sol-10.1.svg