I believe that this link will answer your questions, also there is code examples on this page. I also believe you are correct on imbedded fonts, the pdf viewer will select the desired font if it is not imbedded and the programmer does not have control over selection.
https://pdfbox.apache.org/1.8/cookbook/workingwithfonts.html Thanks Stefan Ronnkvist ________________________________ From: Kirk, Kenneth <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:38:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: External: RE: Approximate Font What I meant to ask was, what method can I use to specify a nonstandard font, i.e. Arial or MS Sans Serif without having to embed the font in the pdf. I assume the viewer will find a substitute if the specified font is not present on the client machine. -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Rönnkvist <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: External: RE: Approximate Font I posted this brief code and if you follow it, your questioned is answered. The program creates a form with the question on top of answer (groups) and having two different fonts for each line. The information is compared to determine the longest and then spaces the groups accordingly. Hope this helps. https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2Fa%2F20779205%2F1579736&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce7497ccceed54786d34508d6a88b11f3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636881712580436535&sdata=4SpwsCT4quyGV3sDuv9VyWG2jdbG%2FZ2Lt9NfdeC4pzY%3D&reserved=0 Thanks Stefan Ronnkvist ________________________________ From: Kirk, Kenneth <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 1:54:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Approximate Font I'm trying to find a simple way to approximate true type fonts without the need to embed the font into the document. We have a document management system which create annotations as graphic overlays. I need to take those overlays and place them as pdf objects on the document. The document management client software allows the user to create text annotations using any of the true type fonts installed on the system. How can I create a font description font that doesn't embed the font and let viewer handle it by approximating the closest font. Kenneth D. Kirk Information Systems Advisor Document Management Information Technology ************************************************ Disclaimer - This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and contain privileged or copyright information. You must not present this message to another party without gaining permission from the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, distribute or use this email or the information contained in it for any purpose other than to notify the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately, and delete this email from your system. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State. ************************************************ ************************************************ Disclaimer - This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and contain privileged or copyright information. You must not present this message to another party without gaining permission from the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, distribute or use this email or the information contained in it for any purpose other than to notify the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately, and delete this email from your system. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State. ************************************************ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
