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10. Managing fonts
What are the implications of using Times-Roman instead of Times New Roman in a document?
Can I use these fonts interchangeably and, if not, when do I use which font? How do the various
types of fonts affect the output of my PDF document, onscreen and in print? This chapter provides
the answers to these questions, together with some more theoretical background information
about fonts.
10.1 Types of fonts and their usage
Standard 14 fonts
When working in PostScript and PDF environments, you may come across the notion “standard
14 fonts” or “base 14 fonts”. What exactly are these “standard 14 fonts”?
Actually, the term is derived from the standard set of 13 PostScript fonts, which are resident in all
PostScript output devices. These fonts are listed in the table below.
FontFont family
Times-RomanTimes
Times-Italic
Times-Bold
Times-BoldItalic
HelveticaHelvetica
Helvetica-Oblique
Helvetica-Bold
Helvetica-BoldOblique
CourierCourier
Courier-Oblique
Courier-Bold
Courier-BoldOblique
SymbolSymbol
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