How Do I Tell If a Font is Used in PDF Output?
This article will show you how to tell if a font is installed on your system, and is being used in PDF output.
Is the font installed on your machine?
- Open the Control Panel
- Click "Appearance and Personalization"
- Click "Fonts"
- Locate then double click the Font in question
Here are all the Fonts belonging to the Font Family. In this example "Helvetica Bold" is installed.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/547/302/original/Fonts_in_the_Font_Family.png)
How to confirm that the font is used in PDF?
- Open the PDF output
- Right click anywhere in the body of the template
- Choose "Document Properties..."
- Open the "Fonts" tab
You'll see the font listed if it's being used.
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/547/304/original/Font_used_in_PDF.png)
If font substitution is being used you'll see it indicated as "Actual Font".
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/547/318/original/Font_substituted_in_PDF.png)
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