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22 January 2004
  • NAME
      pdffonts - Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 3.00)
  • 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
      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.
      -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. 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 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC.
  • SEE ALSO


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