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pdffonts — Portable Document Format (PDF) file fonts information viewer. More information: <https://www.xpdfrea

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the pdffonts command: Portable Document Format (PDF) file fonts information viewer. More information: <https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdffonts-man.html>.

Solution

pdffonts — Portable Document Format (PDF) file fonts information viewer. More information: <https://www.xpdfreader.com/pdffonts-man.html>.

Print PDF file fonts information:

pdffonts {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Specify user password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions:

pdffonts -upw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Specify owner password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions:

pdffonts -opw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Print additional information on location of the font that will be used when the PDF file is rasterized:

pdffonts -loc {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Print additional information on location of the font that will be used when the PDF file is converted to PostScript:

pdffonts -locPS {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Code Snippets

Print PDF file fonts information

pdffonts {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Specify user password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions

pdffonts -upw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Specify owner password for PDF file to bypass security restrictions

pdffonts -opw {{password}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Print additional information on location of the font that will be used when the PDF file is rasterized

pdffonts -loc {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Print additional information on location of the font that will be used when the PDF file is converted to PostScript

pdffonts -locPS {{path/to/file.pdf}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pdffonts

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