Helvetica vs. Arial pdf font

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Hi, 
In our application, when we write out text font as Helvetica, it looks the library does it, it show text font
is Helvetica in the pdf file. But in PDF viewer, when I check through document properties, the Helvetica's
actual font is Arial. What should I do to make the actual font is Helvetica not Arial. Our user complained it.

Thanks,
Dezhi Fan

in the pdf file:

7 0 obj

<< 

/Type /Font

/Subtype /Type1

/BaseFont /Helvetica

/Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding

>> 

n the viewer: 
document properties--->font--->Helvetica:  actual font:Arial

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Dezhi Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 25 Jan 16 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dezhi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Helvetica vs. Arial pdf font Posted: 29 Jan 19 at 10:37PM
	Hi, In our application, when we write out text font as Helvetica, it looks the library does it, it show text font is Helvetica in the pdf file. But in PDF viewer, when I check through document properties, the Helvetica's actual font is Arial. What should I do to make the actual font is Helvetica not Arial. Our user complained it. Thanks, Dezhi Fan in the pdf file: 7 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> n the viewer: document properties--->font--->Helvetica: actual font:Arial

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Jan 19 at 11:05PM
	Hi, i've tried the windows editor Notepad (with windows 10) choosing the fonts inside. There isn't any Helvetica font but Arial with several versions. So i think it's similar to browser behavior: If there isn't the font from the definition a very similar font will be used. If you want to be sure that the viewer will use the font from your definition you have to embed it inside your pdf. QuickPDF offers functionalities to do this.
	Cheers, Ingo