[xep-support] Base 14 fonts

[Jirka Kosek]

Patrick Goetz wrote:
> 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?

Because these free viewers use substitute fonts (e.g. URW) instead of 
original Adobe ones.

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