Quantity |
Limit |
Description |
---|---|---|
integer |
2,147,483,647 |
Largest integer value; equal to 2 31 1. |
|
-2,147,483,648 |
Smallest integer value; equal to 2 31 . |
real |
3.403 10 38 |
Largest and smallest real values (approximate). |
|
1.175 10 -38 |
Nonzero real values closest to 0 (approximate). Values closer than these are automatically converted to 0. |
|
5 |
Number of significant decimal digits of precision in fractional part (approximate). |
string (in content stream) |
32,767 |
Maximum length of a string, in bytes. This restriction applies only to strings in content streams. There is no effective restriction on other strings in PDF files. |
name |
127 |
Maximum length of a name, in bytes. |
indirect object |
8,388,607 |
Maximum number of indirect objects in a PDF file. |
q/Q nesting |
28 |
NOTE Maximum depth of graphics state nesting by q and Q operators. This is not a limit as such, but arises from the fact that q and Q are implemented by the PostScript gsave and grestore operators when generating PostScript output. |
DeviceN components |
32 |
Maximum number of colorants or tint components in a DeviceNcolour space. |
CID |
65,535 |
Maximum value of a CID (character identifier). |