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We have several little issues that are due to bugs in Chrome that are awaiting fixes. Just recording them here so we can track when they are solved; others who are experiencing these issues can follow these links to "star" the bug reports and help gain a little more traction.

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• Using drop-shadow converts text to an image instead of selectable text in the PDF
  • Chrome Bug Tracker
  • Related issue: change legacy box shadows to drop-shadow #1661
• Using Box-shadow renders shadows as a solid box in PDF when viewed with Mac Preview
  • Chrome Bug Tracker
  • Related issue: change legacy box shadows to drop-shadow #1661
• CSS translateZ() is ignored in the PDF, making background "decoration" appear on top
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  • Related issue: Class Table decorative circles are rendered above the classTable in Chrome Print to PDF #1784
• Clipped background images cause excessive PDF size
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• Each page creates a separate copy of the background image in the PDF, leading to large files
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• Not a bug, text-stroke and paint-order do not work on drop caps (first-letter)
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Solved:

• paint-order works for SVG but not HTML text; text strokes are always painted above text
  • Chrome Bug Tracker
  • Related issue: #2061
• Top and bottom of basic borders and shadows are cut off at column breaks
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• Second element in two-columns layout shifted to second column in PDF
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• PDF is missing random characters from certain fonts
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• Transparent shadows don't render at all in PDFs
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• Transparent shadows appear as solid boxes in PDFs
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• Top and bottom of borders and shadows are cut off at column breaks when printing (Fixed in Chrome v108)
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• Top and bottom of border-image borders are cut off at column breaks (Fixed in Chrome v102)
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  • Related issue: Table decoration split between columns #620
• Multicolumn Divs without a set height do not print properly when using manual column breaks. (Fixed in Chrome v108)
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  • Related issue: Generated PDF does not match preview when \column used #2083