pdffonts(1)
NAME
pdffonts - Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 3.00)
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
- 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.
- -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 1996-2004 Glyph &
Cog, LLC.