pdffonts
Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 3.03)
see also :
pdfdetach - pdfimages - pdfinfo - pdftocairo - pdftohtml - pdftoppm - pdftops - pdftotext
Synopsis
pdffonts
[options] [PDF-file]
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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.
see also
pdfdetach ,
pdfimages , pdfinfo ,
pdftocairo , pdftohtml ,
pdftoppm , pdftops ,
pdftotext
author
The pdffonts
software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph
& Cog, LLC.