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Tilman Hausherr commented on PDFBOX-3618:
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When creating a pdf/A, the font is embedded and not taken from the reader's
operating system.
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if it is embedded, it must be taken from somewhere. Either from the OS font or
from another source.
If people use a predefined standard 14 font like {{PDType1Font.HELVETICA}}, it
won't be embedded, thus it wouldn't be PDF/A. So the must use a file. And then
it's their responsibility. Same if they grab a font from an obscure website and
then install it without researching about the license.
> Helvetica in PDF/A - warn in PDType1Font.java about licensing issues
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> 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
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> PDType1Font.java has a predefined list of fonts like Times-Roman, Helvetica,
> Courier, Symbol and ZapfDingbats.
> 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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