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Type1 core fonts for PDFA
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Type1 core fonts for PDF/A
- category Fonts
- author Nicola Asuni info@tecnick.com
- license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html GNU-GPL v3 (see LICENSE)
- link https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-font-pdfa
Description
This project contains 14 Type 1 PDF core fonts derived from the GNU FreeFont fonts (http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/).
The purpose of these fonts is to be able to embedd PDF Core fonts when using the PDF/A mode.
The original Unicode fonts can be downloaded from: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freefont/freefont-ttf-20120503.zip
For additional information, please check the GNU FreeFont website: http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/
Changes
The font files were generated using the following procedure:
- Open the font using FontForge (http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/);
- From the menu select: Encoding > Reencode > Windows Latin ("ANSI") (or "Symbol" for the Symbol font, or load custom ZapfDingbats.enc);
- Select first 255 characters;
- Invert selection with: Edit > Select > Invert selection [CTRL+ESC];
- Remove glyps with: Encoding > Detach & Remove Glyphs...;
- Remove unused slots with: Encoding > Remove Unused Slots;
- Change font name with: Element > Font Info...;
- Export the file with: File > Generate fonts ... > PS Type 1 (Binary).
Processed files
* FreeMono.ttf => PDFACourier.pfb
* FreeMonoBold.ttf => PDFACourierBold.pfb
* FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf => PDFACourierBoldOblique.pfb
* FreeMonoOblique.ttf => PDFACourierOblique.pfb
* FreeSans.ttf => PDFAHelvetica.pfb
* FreeSansBold.ttf => PDFAHelveticaBold.pfb
* FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf => PDFAHelveticaBoldOblique.pfb
* FreeSansOblique.ttf => PDFAHelveticaOblique.pfb
* FreeSerif.ttf => PDFATimes.pfb
* FreeSerifBold.ttf => PDFATimesBold.pfb
* FreeSerifBoldItalic.ttf => PDFATimesBoldItalic.pfb
* FreeSerifItalic.ttf => PDFATimesItalic.pfb
* FreeSerif.ttf => PDFASymbol.pfb
* FreeSerif.ttf => PDFAZapfdingbats.pfb