I&#x27;ve had to work with PDF files before, and they&#x27;re absolutely horrible. Precisely because of what you state: &quot;little bits of text floating anywhere&quot;. Or something like disjoint, not-grouped, lines for table drawing, instead of a generic table with formatting, width&#x2F;height, etc.<p>Though, I generally agree with you, PDF&#x2F;A is quite a good way of storing documents for long-term. But, that doesn&#x27;t mean that PNG files along with text files, even with x:y coordinates next to the pieces of text, aren&#x27;t a feasible alternative.