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Maruan Sahyoun commented on PDFBOX-3618:
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what about adding a test for {{isEmbedded(true)}} to the sample. Should clarify 
it a little more and ensures that if you change the line where the font is 
loaded to use one of the static PDFType1Fonts the test will fail.

> 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: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.3
>            Reporter: Ralf Hauser
>            Assignee: Maruan Sahyoun
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 2.0.4, 2.1.0
>
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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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