[reportlab-users] embedding standard fonts

Andy Robinson reportlab-users@reportlab.com
Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:00:22 +0100


> Hi,
> is there a way to embed the standard fonts into the pdf? The pdf i'm
> creating needs to embed all it's fonts.
> 

Why would it need to embed things like Helvetica, which is
present in every Acrobat Reader in the world?

> can i use pdfmetrics.EmbeddedType1Face() or will the names clash?

I honestly don't know.  Have you tried it ? :-)

- Andy Robinson