The reason that PDF::Create doesn't support non-base fonts is simply that it doesn't have the code to embed them...

But there's no requirement that non-base fonts be embedded, is there? Surely you can specify any font you like, and if it's not available, your PDF reader will simply substitute something else. This would be perfectly adequate for many purposes -- particularly when PDFs are going to be used within a corporate network where it's known which fonts will be available, or where the desired font is an extremely common one that's overwhelmingly likely to be available (e.g. one of the Microsoft web fonts).

It's also what Adobe Acrobat itself does rather readily when creating PDFs, if the number of documents I get to read in glorious Adobe Serif is anything to go by ... ;)

In reply to Re^2: PDF::Create Fonts by Porculus
in thread PDF::Create Fonts by Heffstar

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