PDF – A font displays correctly even it is not installed in PC?

Question

Is PDF store the font in binary, or which logic working behind that?

Because, I create PDF from jasper report and used font is installed in my PC only.

When i have checked generated PDF in other machine then it show the correct PDF font even font not installed in other PC.

Let me know if anything is missing test or verify?

Answer 1

Fonts can be embedded in PDF files. If one font is missing, the text is displayed anyway using another classic font. You can have a great explanation here : http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/fonts