pdffonts(1)


NAME

   pdffonts - Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 3.03)

SYNOPSIS

   pdffonts [options] [PDF-file]

DESCRIPTION

   Pdffonts  lists the fonts used in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file
   along with various information for each font.

   The following information is listed for each font:

   name   the font name, exactly as given in  the  PDF  file  (potentially
          including a subset prefix)

   type   the font type -- see below for details

   encoding
          the font encoding

   emb    "yes" if the font is embedded in the PDF file

   sub    "yes" if the font is a subset

   uni    "yes"  if  there  is an explicit "ToUnicode" map in the PDF file
          (the absence of a ToUnicode map doesn't  necessarily  mean  that
          the text can't be converted to Unicode)

   object ID
          the font dictionary object ID (number and generation)

   PDF files can contain the following types of fonts:

          Type 1
          Type 1C -- aka Compact Font Format (CFF)
          Type 3
          TrueType
          CID Type 0 -- 16-bit font with no specified type
          CID Type 0C -- 16-bit PostScript CFF font
          CID TrueType -- 16-bit TrueType font

OPTIONS

   -f number
          Specifies the first page to analyze.

   -l number
          Specifies the last page to analyze.

   -subst List the substitute fonts that poppler will use for non embedded
          fonts.

   -opw password
          Specify the owner password for the  PDF  file.   Providing  this
          will bypass all security restrictions.

   -upw password
          Specify the user password for the PDF file.

   -v     Print copyright and version information.

   -h     Print usage information.  (-help and --help are equivalent.)

EXIT CODES

   The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:

   0      No error.

   1      Error opening a PDF file.

   2      Error opening an output file.

   3      Error related to PDF permissions.

   99     Other error.

AUTHOR

   The pdffonts software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph &
   Cog, LLC.

SEE ALSO

   pdfdetach(1), pdfimages(1),  pdfinfo(1),  pdftocairo(1),  pdftohtml(1),
   pdftoppm(1),   pdftops(1),   pdftotext(1)   pdfseparate(1),  pdfsig(1),
   pdfunite(1)

                            15 August 2011                     pdffonts(1)





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