Helvetica is always available. Note that if iText doesn't find a font it throws an exception, unless using FontFactory where a font not found is replaced with Helvetica.
Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Roger Misteli > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:44 PM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Helvetica fonts? > > Okay.. I understand this. That none of the fotns are > embedded, is acutally correct so. But could it be, that, on > Linux, there weren't any fonts found > and because of that, iText used the Helvetica fonts in the > itext jar, because, plain simply, there isn't anything else to use? > > Best regards, > Rog > > > Paulo Soares wrote: > > You have to consider what's in the PDF and what is used to > display the > > PDF. linux.pdf was created with font Helvetica (Type1) not > embedded and > > windows.pdf was created with font Arial (TrueType) not > embedded. As the > > fonts are not embedded whatever viewer used for displaying > the PDF must > > find a suitable font to show. In Windows both PDF equate to the same > > font, Arial. In Linux it would be something else. In ghostscript it > > would be one of the URW fonts. Acrobat 5 and later rely on the OS to > > supply the fonts. Acrobat 4 had the Helvetica font to > display and you > > could even use them to create a PDF with Helvetica embedded (license > > issues aside). None of the PDFs have embedded fonts. > > > > Paulo > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Roger Misteli > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:05 PM > >> To: Post all your questions about iText here > >> Subject: [iText-questions] Helvetica fonts? > >> > >> Small question.. when I have a PDF that is created with iText > >> and I don't embed them at all. I look for an Arial font and > >> can't find one, because of > >> whatever reasons it is not installed. Could this be the > >> reason why the attached PDF (Linux.pdf) uses the > >> com.lowagie.text.pdf.fonts.Helvetica font in > >> the Linux.pdf doc. But only in the bold tests inside? Or what > >> reason can it have that only Helvetica-Bold is embedded, but > >> Helvetica (normal) is not? > >> Resp. what reasons does it have anyway, that the fonts are > embedded?? > >> > >> Best regards and thanks > >> Rog > >> > > > > > > Aviso Legal: > > Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao destinatário. > Pode conter informação confidencial ou legalmente protegida. > A incorrecta transmissão desta mensagem não significa a perca > de confidencialidade. Se esta mensagem for recebida por > engano, por favor envie-a de volta para o remetente e > apague-a do seu sistema de imediato. É proibido a qualquer > pessoa que não o destinatário de usar, revelar ou distribuir > qualquer parte desta mensagem. > > > > Disclaimer: > > This message is destined exclusively to the intended > receiver. It may contain confidential or legally protected > information. The incorrect transmission of this message does > not mean the loss of its confidentiality. 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