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pdffonts
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: 15 August 2011
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NAME
pdffonts - Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 3.03)SYNOPSIS
pdffonts [options] [PDF-file]DESCRIPTION
Pdffonts lists the fonts used in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file along with various information for each font.The following information is listed for each font:
- name
- the font name, exactly as given in the PDF file (potentially including a subset prefix)
- type
- the font type -- see below for details
- encoding
- the font encoding
- emb
- "yes" if the font is embedded in the PDF file
- sub
- "yes" if the font is a subset
- uni
- "yes" if there is an explicit "ToUnicode" map in the PDF file (the absence of a ToUnicode map doesn't necessarily mean that the text can't be converted to Unicode)
- object ID
- the font dictionary object ID (number and generation)
PDF files can contain the following types of fonts:
- Type 1
- Type 1C -- aka Compact Font Format (CFF)
- Type 3
- TrueType
- CID Type 0 -- 16-bit font with no specified type
- CID Type 0C -- 16-bit PostScript CFF font
- CID TrueType -- 16-bit TrueType font
OPTIONS
- -f number
- Specifies the first page to analyze.
- -l number
- Specifies the last page to analyze.
- -subst
- List the substitute fonts that poppler will use for non embedded fonts.
- -opw password
- Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions.
- -upw password
- Specify the user password for the PDF file.
- -v
- Print copyright and version information.
- -h
- Print usage information. (-help and --help are equivalent.)
EXIT CODES
The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:- 0
- No error.
- 1
- Error opening a PDF file.
- 2
- Error opening an output file.
- 3
- Error related to PDF permissions.
- 99
- Other error.
AUTHOR
The pdffonts software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC.SEE ALSO
pdfdetach(1), pdfimages(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftocairo(1), pdftohtml(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1) pdfseparate(1), pdfsig(1), pdfunite(1)