Is there a simple way to get font information for a PDF file on Mac OSX? I should have thought that the Preview App would include this, but I can’t find it anywhere?
Failing that, is there another (cheap or free) application which will do this?
I definitely do not want to rely on something like Acrobat for this simple task.
Sure, use pdffonts as follows:
pdffonts ~/Desktop/GNU\ Parallel.pdf
name type encoding emb sub uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- ---------
DMBULJ+Sentinel-Light Type 1C Custom yes yes yes 266 0
DMBULJ+Sentinel-Semibold Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes yes 268 0
DMBULJ+Sentinel-LightItalic Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes yes 270 0
DMBULJ+Whitney-Light Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes yes 272 0
DMBULJ+OCRF-Light Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes yes 274 0
DMBULJ+Whitney-Medium Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes yes 276 0
DMBULJ+Sentinel-BoldItalic Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes yes 22 0
Or, another example:
pdffonts ~/Desktop/Applescript\ Commands\ Reference.pdf
name type encoding emb sub uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- ---------
MNFADS+Courier TrueType MacRoman yes yes no 12 0
GCBDOX+.HelveticaNeueDeskInterface-Regular TrueType MacRoman yes yes no 8 0
BVTFLM+LucidaGrande TrueType MacRoman yes yes no 10 0
JBWSLS+LucidaGrande-Bold TrueType MacRoman yes yes no 11 0
XGRGCO+LucidaGrande TrueType WinAnsi yes yes yes 60 0
LEFUMS+Courier-Bold TrueType MacRoman yes yes no 86 0
pdffonts is part of the poppler package which is easiest to install via homebrew. Basically, you go to the homebrew website and copy and paste the one-line installation script. At that point, you will have a proper package manager for OS X.
Then you can install pdffonts using:
brew install poppler
If you get any problems, call the good doctor with
brew doctor
Adobe (Acrobat) Reader does provide the complete document information, as Acrobat; and it is free.
