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.
If PDF-file is ´-’, it reads the PDF file from stdin.
The following information is listed for each font:
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name |
the font name, exactly as given in the PDF file (potentially including a subset prefix) | ||
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type |
the font type – see below for details |
encoding
the font encoding
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emb |
"yes" if the font is embedded in the PDF file | ||
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sub |
"yes" if the font is a subset | ||
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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.
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-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.
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-v |
Print copyright and version information. | ||
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-h |
Print usage information. (-help and --help are equivalent.) |
EXIT CODES
The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
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0 |
No error. |
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1 |
Error opening a PDF file. |
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2 |
Error opening an output file. |
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3 |
Error related to PDF permissions. |
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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)