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# Server-side PDF generation

Document Engine includes support for creating PDFs from HTML, PDF forms, and images, providing a comprehensive PDF generation service that encompasses various features such as HTML support, custom fonts, and CSS library integration. Newly created PDFs can be opened in our Web, iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter client SDKs, or archived for long-term storage.

## Guides for PDF generation

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**Generate a PDF from HTML**

How to generate a PDF using an HTML document as a template

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/sample-code.md)

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**Generate a PDF from images**

How to generate a PDF from a JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, SVG, EPS, and more

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-images.md)

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**Generate thumbnail previews**

How to render PDF pages as thumbnail images

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/thumbnail-preview.md)

## HTML to PDF

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**Schema**

Learn about the HTML-to-PDF schema

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/schema.md)

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**Template design**

How to design the template

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/template-design.md)

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**Page header and footer**

How to add a custom page header and footer

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/page-header-footer.md)

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**Fillable PDF forms**

How to generate a PDF containing fillable forms

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/fillable-pdf-forms.md)

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**From scratch**

How to generate a PDF from scratch

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/from-scratch.md)

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**Blank PDF**

How to generate a blank PDF

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/blank-pdf.md)

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**Edit a generated PDF**

How to edit a PDF after it’s generated

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/blank-pdf.md)

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**Sample**

See code examples for Java, Python, and more

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/blank-pdf.md)

**Call to Action**

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[Learn More](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/document-engine/getting-started.md)

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## Related pages

- [Generate a PDF from images](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-images.md)
- [Generate Word documents](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-word-template.md)
- [Preview document thumbnails](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/thumbnail-preview.md)

## Pages in this section

- [Generate a blank PDF](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/blank-pdf.md)
- [Create PDFs from scratch](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/from-scratch.md)
- [Edit a generated PDF](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/edit-a-generated-pdf.md)
- [Java](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/java.md)
- [JavaScript](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/javascript.md)
- [Customize the page header and footer](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/page-header-footer.md)
- [Python](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/python.md)
- [PHP](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/php.md)
- [HTML-to-PDF conversion server sample code](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/sample-code.md)
- [Generate fillable PDF forms from HTML](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/fillable-pdf-forms.md)
- [HTML template design for generating PDFs](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/template-design.md)
- [HTML-to-PDF generation schema](/guides/document-engine/pdf-generation/from-html/schema.md)