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Maruan Sahyoun commented on PDFBOX-3618:
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As an added note from PDF/A-2
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Only font programs that are legally embeddable in a file for unlimited,
universal rendering shall be used.
NOTE 3 This part of ISO 19005 precludes the embedding of font programs whose
legality depends upon special agreement with the copyright holder. Such an
allowance places unacceptable burdens on an archive to verify the existence,
validity and longevity of such claims.
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> 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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