PHP: How to tell if PDF has embedded fonts?

Question

Given a PDF document, is there a way to tell if it has embedded fonts? I'm working on the problem posted here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3774995/pdf-how-to-optimize-filesize-convert-to-png-embedded-fonts-problem. Perhaps I can rework some of my application's logic based on whether a PDF has embedded fonts or not.

Answer 1

Use pdffonts (*nix) or pdffonts.exe (*doz). They are part of XPDF.

1. To see which fonts are used (not necessarily embedded!) on pages 4-6 of a PDF:

   pdffonts ^
       -f 4 ^
       -l 6 ^
       input.pdf
   

2. To get a list of all fonts used in a PDF, simply skip the -f 4 -l 6 part...

3. Now to differentiate between embedded and non-embedded fonts, learn...

   (a) ...the general meaning of the yes and no keywords, and
   (b) ...how to interprete these keywords in the context of a list column carrying the heading emb