pdffonts(1)

NAME
pdffonts - Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 3.03)

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.

If PDF-file is '-', it reads the PDF file from stdin.

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

encoding
    the font encoding

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.

-subst
    List the substitute fonts that poppler will use for non embedded fonts.

-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 1996–2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC.

SEE ALSO
pdfdetach(1), pdfimages(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftocairo(1), pdftohtml(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfseparate(1), pdfsig(1), pdfunite(1)