[texhax] [pdftex] Change font names in PDF

[Robin Fairbairns]

Thomas Feuerstack <Thomas.Feuerstack at fernuni-hagen.de> wrote:

> Am 20.05.2011 05:09, schrieb narke:
> > Will mathptmx produce TimesRoman?
> 
> Yes.

but unless you have the font itself (typically in type 1 format if
you're using latex), it will either not have *any* fonts in the pdf
(just references for a subsequent reader or processor to provide) or it
will use the urw type 1 clones of times roman.

> > That's great, I will try. And, is
> > there any other font package produce Windows-like fonts names? Thanks in
> > advanced!
> 
> AFAIR there is an interface for the (35?) common PostScript fonts. For
> further information, have a look into the document psnfss2e.pdf which
> should normally be a part of all TeX-installations. If everything
> fails, you can find it under
> 
> http://mirror.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/mirrors/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss/psnfss2e.pdf

or indeed

http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/psnfss/psnfss2e.pdf

but in none of those cases does the latex package provide the type 1
fonts (since they all cost real money, which doesn't chime with the
charge [$0.00] for the package).

robin