Acrobat 4 was the last version shipping the Type1 fonts. Just for fun I tried to embedd the pfb and it worked. Of course, if you need to use the fonts, Adobe is more than happy to sell you Type1 Helvetica and the rest of the family.
Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bruno Lowagie (iText) > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:50 PM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] About Fonts... again > > Sérgio Oliveira wrote: > > As the book says: Standard Type 1 fonts are a set of 14 > fonts that are > > required to be available in all PDF consumer applications. > According to > > the table presented: Times-Roman is a Type 1 Font. > > Yes, in old versions of Acrobat (and other PDF viewers), > the Type 1 font was shipped with the product. > > > However, "Adobe Reader replaced the Type 1 font Times-Roman > with the > > TrueType font Times New Roman PS MT. The font wasn’t embedded!". > > Yes, you will have a hard time finding those old versions I just > referred too, because nowadays the availability of one of the > formerly called 'base 14 fonts' means that there is a font available > on the OS that is an exact replica of the Type 1 font. > > If you use one of the standard Type 1 fonts in your PDF, you can > safely assume that the text will be rendered the way you expect it. > However the viewer may choose to use a TTF font instead of a Type 1 > font. > > > My first question is, if type 1 fonts are Adobe fonts, why > acrobat use a > > TTF instead of a type 1 font. > > Why? That's a question for Leonard. > > > For what I understood, if I want to use a Times Roman Type 1 font > > (embedded), I will need to give the path to the pfb file,µ > > Yes. > > > but where can I find this file? > > Good question. > > > If this is a Type 1 font (Adobe font), shouldn´t it > > came with acrobat reader? (The only pfb files I found in > the Acrobat > > directory was something like this: ZY______.PFB). > Maybe you can find the PFB in very old Acrobat Reader version, > BUT: make sure you read the license information. It's not because > a font is shipped with Adobe Reader (for instance if you download > a font pack) for free, that you automatically have the right to > embed the font in your PDF documents. > br, > Bruno > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make > your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on > Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ > Aviso Legal: Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao destinatário. Pode conter informação confidencial ou legalmente protegida. A incorrecta transmissão desta mensagem não significa a perca de confidencialidade. Se esta mensagem for recebida por engano, por favor envie-a de volta para o remetente e apague-a do seu sistema de imediato. É proibido a qualquer pessoa que não o destinatário de usar, revelar ou distribuir qualquer parte desta mensagem. Disclaimer: This message is destined exclusively to the intended receiver. It may contain confidential or legally protected information. The incorrect transmission of this message does not mean the loss of its confidentiality. If this message is received by mistake, please send it back to the sender and delete it from your system immediately. It is forbidden to any person who is not the intended receiver to use, distribute or copy any part of this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
