Ralf Hauser created PDFBOX-3618:
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Summary: Helvetica in PDF/A - warn in PDType1Font.java about
licensing issues
Key: PDFBOX-3618
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3618
Project: PDFBox
Issue Type: Bug
Affects Versions: 2.0.3
Reporter: Ralf Hauser
PDType1Font.java has a predefined list of fonts like Times-Roman, Helvetica,
Courier, Symbol an dZapfDingbats.
When creating a pdf/A, the font is embedded and not taken from the reader's
operating system.
As per https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica_(Schriftart) , this may lead to
a licensing issue.
Suggestions:
1) Use a free font such as
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Sans_L instead
2) at least warn in JavaDoc about the issue
Or is it an non-issue?
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