[reportlab-users] About Helvetica font

[Tim Roberts]

Enrique Comesaña Figueroa wrote:

> I am trying to generate a PDF document with embedded fonts. I have no

> problem with other fonts but Helvetica. It always appear in the list

> of fonts in the properties document even if i do not use it.

> And if I try to embed it in a document which uses this font, reportlab

> generates it but do not embed the Helvetica font.

>

> Can anyone help me?, If that is not possible, can anyone suggest me

> any other way to generate pdf  with ALL fonts embedded?

>   


That's not supposed to be required.  Every PostScript rasterizer, per
standard, should be able to understand a small, core set of Type 1
fonts, including Helvetica.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.