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diff --git a/doc/pdffonts.cat b/doc/pdffonts.cat new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77fef55 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/pdffonts.cat @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +pdffonts(1) General Commands Manual pdffonts(1) + + + +NAME + pdffonts - Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 4.04) + +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) + + prob "X" if this font is likely to be problematic when converting + text to Unicode + + object ID + the font dictionary object ID (number and generation) + + location + the font location (see the -loc and -locPS options). + + PDF files can contain the following types of fonts: + + Type 1 + Type 1C -- aka Compact Font Format (CFF) + Type 1C (OT) -- OpenType with 8-bit CFF data + Type 3 + TrueType + TrueType (OT) -- OpenType with 8-bit TrueType data + CID Type 0 -- 16-bit font with no specified type + CID Type 0C -- 16-bit PostScript CFF font + CID Type 0C (OT) -- OpenType with CID CFF data + CID TrueType -- 16-bit TrueType font + CID TrueType (OT) -- OpenType with CID TrueType data + +CONFIGURATION FILE + Pdffonts reads a configuration file at startup. It first tries to find + the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc. If that doesn't exist, it + looks for a system-wide config file, typically /etc/xpdfrc (but this + location can be changed when pdffonts is built). See the xpdfrc(5) man + page for details. + +OPTIONS + Many of the following options can be set with configuration file com- + mands. These are listed in square brackets with the description of the + corresponding command line option. + + -f number + Specifies the first page to analyze. + + -loc Shows additional information on the location of the font that + will be used when the PDF file is rasterized (with xpdf, + pdftoppm, etc.). + + -locPS Shows additional information on the location of the font that + will be used when the PDF file is converted to PostScript (with + pdftops). + + -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. + + -cfg config-file + Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the system-wide config + 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 1996-2022 Glyph & + Cog, LLC. + +SEE ALSO + xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdftohtml(1), pdfinfo(1), pdfde- + tach(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftopng(1), pdfimages(1), xpdfrc(5) + http://www.xpdfreader.com/ + + + + 18 Apr 2022 pdffonts(1) |