OneSpan Sign supports a variety of font styles that are dependent on the specific context in which they are used. This flexibility allows users to select the most appropriate font for their documents, enhancing readability and ensuring that the text aligns with the overall design and purpose of the document. The signing process itself occurs on a PDF document. It is important to note that if a file type other than PDF is uploaded, such as an RTF (Rich Text Format) or a Word document, the file must be converted to PDF prior to the signing process.
Use of Text Fonts During Document Conversion to PDF
When a user uploads a non-PDF document, it will be transformed into a PDF file. The conversion to PDF necessitates that the fonts utilized in the existing document are also present on the server, as these fonts must be incorporated into the PDF during the conversion process.
Throughout the conversion, every font from the original document is retrieved from the server and included in the PDF.
If the original document contains fonts that the server does not recognize, a font from the Supported Fonts for Document Conversion list will be used instead.
While the substituted font and the replacement font are similar, they are not exactly the same. Thus, the final PDF may appear different from the original document. If you are working with a Word document (.docx) you can attempt to embed the fonts within the document using Microsoft’s font embed option. If embedding is not possible, ensure that the document utilizes fonts from the substitution section (right column) of that list.
Supported Fonts for Document Conversion
The following table lists the font substitutions made by the Document Converter when unsupported fonts are found in non-PDF documents.
Original Font | Substituted Font |
|---|---|
Arabic Transparent | KacstArt |
Arial | Liberation Sans, FreeSans, Garuda, DejaVu Sans |
Arial Baltic | Liberation Sans, FreeSans, Garuda, DejaVu Sans |
Arial CE | Liberation Sans, FreeSans, Garuda, DejaVu Sans |
Arial Cyr | Liberation Sans, FreeSans, Garuda, DejaVu Sans |
Arial Greek | Liberation Sans, FreeSans, Garuda, DejaVu Sans |
Arial TUR | Liberation Sans, FreeSans, Garuda, DejaVu Sans |
Arial Unicode MS | Google Noto |
Batang | Google Noto |
BatangChe | Google Noto |
Calibri | Carlito |
Cambria | Caladea |
Cambria Math | Google Noto |
Charcoal | FreeSerif |
Comic Sans MS | DejaVu Sans |
Courier | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
Courier New | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
Courier New Baltic | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
Courier New CE | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
Courier New Cyr | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
Courier New Greek | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
Courier New TUR | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
DengXian | Google Noto |
Dotum | Google Noto |
DotumChe | Google Noto |
Georgia | Norasi, Liberation Serif, FreeSerif, DejaVu Serif |
Gulim | Google Noto |
GulimChe | Google Noto |
Gungush | Google Noto |
GungushChe | Google Noto |
Helvetica | FreeSans |
Impact | Rekha, DejaVu Sans |
Lucida Console | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono |
Lucida Grande | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans |
Lucida Sans Unicode | FreeMono, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans |
Malgun Gothic | Google Noto |
Microsoft JhengHei | Google Noto |
Microsoft Sans Serif | DejaVu Sans |
Microsoft YaHei | Google Noto |
MingLiU | Google Noto |
MingLiU-ExtB | Google Noto |
MingLiU_HKSCS | Google Noto |
MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB | Google Noto |
MS Gothic | Google Noto |
MS Mincho | Google Noto |
MS PGothic | Google Noto |
MS UI Gothic | Google Noto |
ＭＳ 明朝 | Google Noto |
ＭＳ ゴシック | Google Noto |
New York | DejaVu Serif |
NSimSun | Google Noto |
Palatino Linotype | FreeSerif |
PMingLiU | Google Noto |
PMingLiU-ExtB | Google Noto |
SimSun | Google Noto |
SimSun-ExtB | Google Noto |
Symbol | Google Noto |
Tahoma | DejaVu Sans, Kalimati |
Tahoma Armenian | DejaVu Sans |
Times New Roman | FreeSerif, Liberation Serif, DejaVu Serif |
Trebuchet MS | Liberation Sans, FreeSans, Garuda, DejaVu Sans |
Times | FreeSerif, Liberation Serif, DejaVu Serif |
Times New Roman Baltic | FreeSerif, Liberation Serif, DejaVu Serif |
Times New Roman CE | FreeSerif, Liberation Serif, DejaVu Serif |
Times New Roman Cyr | FreeSerif, Liberation Serif, DejaVu Serif |
Times New Roman Greek | FreeSerif, Liberation Serif, DejaVu Serif |
Times New Roman TUR | FreeSerif, Liberation Serif, DejaVu Serif |
Verdana | DejaVu Sans Mono |
Use of Fonts During the Signer Experience
After a document is converted to PDF or uploaded directly, any further actions, such as adding PDF text fields or signature fields, will use the font name set in the account.
For operations involving PDFs, only the fonts listed below are supported. It is crucial that the font selected in the account is one from this list.
Font Name | Value to Transmit to DocEngine |
|---|---|
Adobe Arabic | AdobeArabic-Regular |
Adobe Arabic Bold | AdobeArabic-Bold |
Adobe Arabic Bold Italic | AdobeArabic-BoldItalic |
Adobe Arabic Italic | AdobeArabic-Italic |
Adobe Fan Heiti / Adobe 繁黑體 | AdobeFanHeitiStd-Bold |
Adobe Heiti / Adobe 黑体 | AdobeHeitiStd-Regular |
Adobe Hebrew | AdobeHebrew-Regular |
Adobe Hebrew Bold | AdobeHebrew-Bold |
Adobe Hebrew Bold Italic | AdobeHebrew-BoldItalic |
Adobe Hebrew Italic | AdobeHebrew-Italic |
Adobe Ming / Adobe 明體 | AdobeMingStd-Light |
Adobe Gothic Bold | AdobeGothicStd-Bold |
Adobe Myungjo / Adobe 명조 | AdobeMyungjoStd-Medium |
Adobe Song / Adobe 宋体 | AdobeSongStd-Light |
Adobe Thai | AdobeThai-Regular |
Adobe Thai Bold | AdobeThai-Bold |
Adobe Thai Bold Italic | AdobeThai-BoldItalic |
Adobe Thai Italic | AdobeThai-Italic |
Kozuka Gothic /小塚ゴシック | KozGoPr6N-Medium |
Kozuka Mincho / 小塚明朝 | KozMinPr6N-Regular |
Minion Pro | MinionPro-Regular |
Myriad Pro | MyriadPro-Regular |
Myriad Pro Bold | MyriadPro-Bold |
Myriad Pro Italic | MyriadPro-It |
Myriad Pro Bold Italic | MyriadPro-BoldIt |
Times New Roman | times-roman |
Times New Roman Bold | times-bold |
Times New Roman Italic | times-italic |
Times New Roman Bold Italic | times-bolditalic |
Helvetica | helvetica |
Helvetica Bold | helvetica-bold |
Helvetica Italic | helvetica-oblique |
Helvetica Bold Italic | helvetica-boldoblique |
Courrier | courier |
Courrier Bold | courier-bold |
Courrier Italic | courier-oblique |
Courrier Bold Italic | courier-boldoblique |
Liberation Mono | LiberationMono |
Liberation Mono Bold | LiberationMono-Bold |
LiberationMono Bold Italic | LiberationMono-BoldItalic |
LiberationMono Italic | LiberationMono-Italic |
Liberation Sans | LiberationSans |
Liberation Sans Bold | LiberationSans-Bold |
Liberation Sans Bold Italic | LiberationSans-BoldItalic |
Liberation Sans Italic | LiberationSans-Italic |
Liberation Serif | LiberationSerif |
Liberation Serif Bold | LiberationSerif-Bold |
Liberation Serif Bold Italic | LiberationSerif-BoldItalic |
Liberation Serif Italic | LiberationSerif-Italic |