Extract Font from PDF with Java

This short guide explains how to extract font from PDF with Java. It contains the details to set the development environment, a list of steps, and a sample code demonstrating how to extract font file from PDF with Java. You may display all the properties of the fetched font exposed by the library.

Steps to Extract Font from PDF Acrobat with Java

  1. Set the environment to use Aspose.PDF for Java to extract fonts
  2. Import required libraries, define the Main class, and initialize the license to avoid limitations
  3. Load the source PDF file into the Document class object
  4. Extract all fonts from the PDF using the document.getFontUtilities().getAllFonts() method
  5. Iterate through the array of extracted fonts
  6. Save each font as a .TTF file and display the font name

These steps sum up the process to extract embedded font from PDF with Java. Import the required libraries, define the main class, initialize and apply the license to avoid watermarks and other limitations, and load the PDF file into the Document class object. Extract all fonts using the document.getFontUtilities().getAllFonts() method, iterate through the collection of fonts, and save the font along with displaying the font name as per the requirements.

Code to Extract Font from PDF File with Java

This code has demonstrated how to extract font from PDF with Java. You can access the font type name, actual font name, decoded font name, base font, last font embedding errors, and embedded state of the font. You can also change the font in a PDF using these methods.

This article has guided us to work with the existing fonts in a PDF file. For converting a URL to a PDF, refer to the article on Convert URL to PDF in Java.

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