Now pdfLaTeX creates files with embedded serif and sans fonts:
I want to generate PDF files which use only non-embedded Type 1 base14 fonts:
- Times instead Nimbus Roman
- Helvetica instead Nimbus Sans
There are many answers which suggests how to do the opposite (force font embedding), but I haven't found any solutions how to force usage of non-embedded fonts only.
I tried to set pdftexDownloadBase14 false as suggested in https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/15594/174718, but this option seems to be broken, as it resulted in usage of some custom generated Type 3 fonts:
How to force usage of non-embedded Type 1 fonts?
EDIT:
I have found a solution on Debian (which uses TeX Live):
Create file
/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfgwith the following contents:pdftexDownloadBase14 falseRun:
updmap-sys.
On Windows (with MiKTeX) it does not work, results in Type 3 fonts being used as presented before.


\pdfmapfile{pdftex_ndl14.map}in your document. – Ulrike Fischer Feb 05 '19 at 15:51