Re: Font Helvetica always used?
"Axel P. Kielhorn" <[email protected]>
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> Am 16.06.2015 um 18:43 schrieb Glenn Linderman <[email protected]>: > > On 6/16/2015 7:36 AM, ECP Admin via reportlab-users wrote: >> Thanks for answering. Yes you are right, the 14 default fonts (including Helvetica) are always available in every PDF document. So what's the problem? I have created a PDF document with 3 external fonts. The result is a document that lists 3 embedded fonts and one (unused) internal font (Helvetica). I have send this document to a german online printing service (flyeralarm.de), but the data check complains >> and the document was rejected. The reason: Only embedded font are allowed. Hmm ... perculiar, perhaps a gray area. In my case the Helvetica font isn't used, so it isn't necessary to include this font. A similar document without the Helvetica font is accepted. So my question is: Is there any chance that you only incorporate the really used fonts in the document header? >> >> Regards Klaus > > Sounds like the german online printing service data check is inappropriately rejecting the standard fonts that _all_ PDF viewers are required to support. They should support Helvetica, but which version? Some year ago the Euro was introduced. The Helvetica I have on my computer contains the Euro glyph. The Helvetica in my printer does not. Assuming that a font with the correct name is suitable to print the document is dangerous. PDF/X (and PDF/A) requires all fonts to be embedded. I can understand that the printer rejected the job. Axel