When working in PostScript and PDF environments, you may come across the notion “standard 14 fonts” or “base 14 fonts”. What exactly are these “standard 14 fonts”?
Actually, the term is derived from the standard set of 13 PostScript fonts, which are resident in all PostScript output devices. These fonts are listed in the table below.
| Font family | Font |
|---|---|
| Times | Times-Roman |
| Times-Italic | |
| Times-Bold | |
| Times-BoldItalic | |
| Helvetica | Helvetica |
| Helvetica-Oblique | |
| Helvetica-Bold | |
| Helvetica-BoldOblique | |
| Courier | Courier |
| Courier-Oblique | |
| Courier-Bold | |
| Courier-BoldOblique | |
| Symbol | Symbol
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For PDF environments, ZapfDingbats
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is added to this standard font set.