Paul wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: >> http://www.etsimo.uniovi.es/pdf/six.htm >> explains that the PDF standard defines 14 fonts as "standard". A >> standard-conforming reader will be able to display glyphs in these >> fonts even if they are not embedded in the document. > > OK so does that mean those fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier and > variants) are built into the reader, or that it just expects them to > be available? For example on Windows machines they generally have > Times New Roman and Arial TrueType fonts rather than Times and > Helvetica.
The experts are to be found at the usenet newsgroup comp.text.pdf Angus