No matter how flexible and convenient digital information has become, we haven\'t done away with the need to see information in print. Extensible Style Language-Formatting Objects, or XSL-FO, lets developers and web designers produce high-quality printed material from XML (and XHTML) documents. XSL-FO provides a critical bridge between the screen and the printed page, and can also be used to create PDFs and other presentations. XSL-FO provides a detailed introduction to this technology. While many books touch on XSL-FO in their treatment of XSLT, this book offers in-depth coverage of XSL-FO\'s features and strengths. Author Dave Pawson is well known in both the XSLT and XSL-FO communities, and maintains the XSLT FAQ. An online version of this book has helped many developers master this technology. XSL-FO is the first time this reference is available in print. The first part of the book provides an overview of the technology and introduces the XSL-FO vocabulary. The author discusses how to choose among today\'s implementations, explains how to describe pages, and shows you what is going on in the processor in terms of layout. You\'ll learn about the basics of formatting and layout, as well as readability. The second part of the book focuses on smaller pieces: blocks, inline structures, graphics, color, and character-level formatting. It concludes by showing how to integrate these parts into a coher-ent whole. XSL-FO also explores organizational aspects you\'ll need to consider, such as strategic stylesheet design, XSL-FO\'s flexibility gives developers a wide variety of capabilities, from designing layouts precisely coupled to a particular document style to creating processes that convert large volumes of variously structured documents into useful printed output. XSL-FO is a clean fit for XML and for XHTML because it can use the structures already contained in these documents as a foundation for print structures. When combined with XSLT, XSL-FO makes it easy to define print presentations for particular XML vocabularies. XSL-FO is more than just a guide to the technology; the book teaches you how to think about the formatting of your documents and guides you through the questions you\'ll need to ask to ensure that your printed documents meet the same high standards as your computer-generated content. XML developers and web designers will find the tools they need to present digital information beautifully on the printed page.