This configuration variable specifies the type of font when using the
-P PDF printing option.
The default value for the font type is BASE14.
Permissible values are:
- BASE14
- Base 14 fonts are built into PDF, and all PDF viewer applications can display these. For a list of the Base 14 fonts you can
specify, see
PDF_FONT_NAME.
- TYPE1
- Type 1 is a format of outline fonts developed by Adobe. You need a Printer Font Binary file (.pfb) or Adobe Font Metrics file (.afm) to use this type of font, which you can specify using PDF_FONT_TYPE1_PFB or PDF_FONT_TYPE1_AFM respectively.
- TRUETYPE
- TrueType fonts use an external file to specify font characteristics. To specify the file, use PDF_FONT_TRUETYPE_TTF or PDF_FONT_TRUETYPE_TTC,
depending on the type of file you have.