Michael Engel wrote: > I am looking for an overview on fonts which are available per default on > Win/Mac/Linux. > I don't want to embed fonts in my pdf file of my magazine - it is already > big enough. Or do you think it is better to embed fonts (just in case) ?
Adobe provides a core set of 14 fonts with Adobe Reader, implemented using a couple of multiple master fonts. They are all you should rely on. Those fonts are: Courier Courier-Bold Courier-Oblique Courier-BoldOblique Times-Roman Times-Bold Times-Italic Times-BoldItalic Helvetica (Windows users know a nearly identical font as Arial) Helvetica-Bold Helvetica-Oblique Helvetica-BoldOblique Symbol ZapfDingbats Anything else may or may not work depending on PDF viewer, platform, installed fonts, phase of the moon, etc. -- Craig Ringer
