[R] Embedding fonts in pdfs

[Jeffrey Horner]

hadley wickham wrote on 04/18/2008 02:40 PM:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having problems embedding fonts in my graphics - and I've tried
> embedFonts to no avail.  I have a pdf file and pdffonts tells me:
> 
> name                                 type              emb sub uni object ID
> ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- ---------
> ZapfDingbats                         Type 1            no  no  no       5  0
> Helvetica                            Type 1            no  no  no      10  0
> 
> (both before and after running the gs script).  From reading the
> documentation, I suspect that these aren't being embedded because they
> are standard PS fonts, but my publisher (lulu.com) wants them
> embedded.  Does anyone have any hints?

Have you tried using the Cairo package? For instance, I just helped one 
of our users here at Vanderbilt to embed 'Gill Sans MT' (because 
apparently it's required by some journal) into her PDF graphic, like so:

CairoFonts(
     regular="Gill Sans MT",
     bold="Gill Sans MT:style=Bold",
     italic="Gill Sans MT:style=Italic",
     bolditalic="Gill Sans MT:style=Bold Italic"
)
CairoPDF(file="file.pdf")
...
dev.off()

Also, Preview or even Acrobat reader (or xpdf) should reveal in the 
"Properties" of the pdf file whether or not your desired fonts are embedded.

Best,

Jeff
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