Thing is that there are a certain number of base fonts, which don't need to be embedded in the PDF file, because they can be assumed to be available everywhere, with any viewer or printer. Helvetica is one of them. The reason that PDF::Create doesn't support non-base fonts is simply that it doesn't have the code to embed them... Embedding a font would mean creating the appropriate PDF objects that hold the font description, its glyphs, character widths, etc., so it can be referenced from other places in the document.

Unfortunately, this is just a tad too involved for a quick patch to PDF::Create, although in theory it could be done, of course.  OTOH, before doing so, I'd evaluate whether it's worth it. Maybe the overall task can be solved more easily using an alternative PDF module which does provide font embedding capabilities.  Also, do you absolutely need that specific font?

(BTW, "Sans Serif" usually isn't an actual font name, but rather the name of a font family, to which Helvetica belongs, for example...)

In reply to Re: PDF::Create Fonts by almut
in thread PDF::Create Fonts by Heffstar

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