This is something I expected smallpdf.com to have, since they have a great suite of pdf tools. I just checked and indeed they are running a beta on their Edit PDF feature now, which is similar to your editor. However the API aspect is a big plus on your side. The output from Smallpdf is more precise though.
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#43Looks great, but where is your privacy notice? Contact information?
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#44Tried it but the positioning was off by about 1 cm in the produced PDF. You could add alignment tools for multiple fields - look at Inkscape for inspiration.
Thanks for the suggestion on alignment. I've been hearing that feedback from other users and I'll add some tools for it.
I've tested the editor again because a 1cm offset is unacceptable. It looks like the field boxes (the transparent blue or orange rectangles you can drag and resize) appear in the correct spots on the PDF. If the text is too large to fit in the rectangle, we shrink it to fit. What might be going on is my backend is in disagreement with the frontend about what font size to use if we need to shrink the text. Then a larger than normal offset could appear on the right-hand side of the text. I'm working on fixing that. But rest assured that the field boxes are put in the correct place on the PDF.
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#45Looks great, but where is your privacy notice? Contact information?
Thanks! I'm working on drafting a privacy notice. You can contact us at help@pdfotter.com.