[pdftex] [NTG-pdftex] 1.40-rc3

Hartmut Henkel hartmut_henkel at gmx.de
Wed Dec 20 23:20:04 CET 2006


On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:

> >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Schröder <martin at oneiros.de> writes:
>
>  > - minimize the distinction between standard fonts and other type1 fonts: the
>  >  *only* place this makes a difference is that if a font file is missing
>  >  (and the font is used), a warning will be generated for normal fonts but
>  >   not for standard fonts
>
> It would be helpful to have a definition for:
>
>      * standard fonts

the 14 fonts listed in the PDF Reference that must be built into any
decent PDF viewer, so it's not mandatory to embed them into PDF files.
These are Times-Roman, Helvetica, Courier, ZapfDingbats...

>      * normal fonts

any font is a normal font until you come to know it.

>      * other Type1 fonts

not one of the 14 standard fonts.

Regards, Hartmut


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