pdffonts(1) General Commands Manual pdffonts(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

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

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**pdffonts** \[options] \[*PDF-file*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#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**](#name)

the font name, exactly as given in the PDF file (potentially including a subset prefix)

[**type**](#type)

the font type – see below for details

[**encoding**](#encoding)

the font encoding

[**emb**](#emb)

"yes" if the font is embedded in the PDF file

[**sub**](#sub)

"yes" if the font is a subset

[**uni**](#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**](#object)

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](#OPTIONS)

[**-f number**](#f)

Specifies the first page to analyze.

[**-l number**](#l)

Specifies the last page to analyze.

[**-subst**](#subst)

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

[**-opw password**](#opw)

Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions.

[**-upw password**](#upw)

Specify the user password for the PDF file.

[**-v**](#v)

Print copyright and version information.

[**-h**](#h)

Print usage information. (**-help** and **--help** are equivalent.)

# [EXIT CODES](#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](#AUTHOR)

The pdffonts software and documentation are copyright 1996–2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**pdfdetach**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdfdetach.1), [**pdfimages**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdfimages.1), [**pdfinfo**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdfinfo.1), [**pdftocairo**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdftocairo.1), [**pdftohtml**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdftohtml.1), [**pdftoppm**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdftoppm.1), [**pdftops**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdftops.1), [**pdftotext**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdftotext.1), [**pdfseparate**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdfseparate.1), [**pdfsig**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdfsig.1), [**pdfunite**(1)](/man/os/poppler/pdfunite.1)

15 August 2011

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Document: pdffonts(1) from poppler 26.08.0-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler.git