[xep-support] Base 14 fonts

[Patrick Goetz]

Jirka Kosek wrote:
> You are probably talking about pdftex, which can produce PDF instead of 
> DVI files. It depends on pdftex configuration, but fonts like Helvetica 
> and Times are not embeded by pdftex because such fonts must be available 
> in all PDF viewers (it is requirement of PDF specification). The problem 
> is, that even different version of Adobe Reader comes with slightly 
> different fonts and rendering is not 100% accurate across platforms.
> 

BTW, how is it, then that the Base 14 type 1 fonts (Helvetica, Times, 
Courier, Symbol) are available in all PDF viewers?  Surely the xpdf 
people, among others, are not licensing these fonts from Adobe?

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