[Tex/LaTex] Replace all standard LaTeX fonts with [arbitrary fonts] for journal submission

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A physics journal I'm submitting to requests that image files not contain any non-standard fonts. Standard fonts, as far as they are concerned, are: Times-Roman, Times-Italic, Times-Bold, Times-BoldItalic, Helvetica , Helvetica-Oblique, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-BoldOblique, Courier, Courier-Oblique, Courier-Bold, Courier-BoldOblique, Symbol.

I'm using the following code to generate a standalone pdf file and I can't seem to get rid of all the "non-standard" LaTeX fonts, specifically "CMMI10" and "CMSY7". Note that I am using XeLaTeX to compile the code.

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{mathspec}

\setallmainfonts{Times New Roman}
\setallsansfonts{Arial}
\setallmonofonts{Courier New}

\begin{document}

    \pgfplotsset{every axis plot post/.append style={line width=1.0pt}}
    \pgfplotsset{grid style=dotted}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
        \begin{loglogaxis}
            [clip marker paths=true,
            xlabel=background field amplitude $B_{\text{a}}$ / T,
            ylabel=losses $Q$ / J/cycle/m,
            xmin=2e-3, xmax=5e-2,
            ymin=1e-4, ymax=1e-1,
            xtick={2e-3,5e-3,1e-2,2e-2,5e-2},
            xticklabel style={/pgf/number format/.cd,fixed,precision=3},
            xticklabel={%
                \pgfmathfloatparsenumber{\tick}%
                \pgfmathfloatexp{\pgfmathresult}%
                \pgfmathprintnumber{\pgfmathresult}%
             },
            minor xtick={3e-3,4e-3,6e-3,7e-3,8e-3,9e-3,1.1e-2,1.2e-2,1.3e-2,1.4e-2,1.5e-2,1.6e-2,1.7e-2,1.8e-2,1.9e-2,3e-2,4e-2},
            grid=major
            ]

        \end{loglogaxis}
    \end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Any ideas how to strip the two remaining fonts from my file?

Best Answer

@John: Visually, there may not be anything other than TNR. Meferdati's problem seems to be other fonts being embedded in the pdf.

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Now the reason they are embedded becomes clear when you minimze your minimal example further:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{mathspec}

\setallmainfonts{Times New Roman}
\setallsansfonts{Arial}
\setallmonofonts{Courier New}

\begin{document}

%    \pgfplotsset{every axis plot post/.append style={line width=1.0pt}}
%    \pgfplotsset{grid style=dotted}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
%        \begin{loglogaxis}
%            [clip marker paths=true,
%            xlabel=background field amplitude $B_{\text{a}}$ / T,
%            ylabel=losses $Q$ / J/cycle/m,
%            xmin=2e-3, xmax=5e-2,
%            ymin=1e-4, ymax=1e-1,
%            xtick={2e-3,5e-3,1e-2,2e-2,5e-2},
%            xticklabel style={/pgf/number format/.cd,fixed,precision=3},
%            xticklabel={%
%                \pgfmathfloatparsenumber{\tick}%
%                \pgfmathfloatexp{\pgfmathresult}%
%                \pgfmathprintnumber{\pgfmathresult}%
%             },
%            minor xtick={3e-3,4e-3,6e-3,7e-3,8e-3,9e-3,1.1e-2,1.2e-2,1.3e-2,1.4e-2,1.5e-2,1.6e-2,1.7e-2,1.8e-2,1.9e-2,3e-2,4e-2},
%            grid=major
%            ]

%        \end{loglogaxis}
    \end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

tikz simply uses fonts from the Computer Modern series to produce the lines and dots in the diagram. IMHO the best solution is not to worry about that. Not only (as Ulrike said) is it highly unlikely that a Physics journal is not going accept a document that uses the math font par excellence. The point is: even if they wanted consistent font choice across all articles and images for a uniform look (which is a good idea), your image won't be a problem because Computer Modern isn't used for anything but lines and dots. Plus, the fonts are embedded in the pdf, so they don't need to have the font files on their machines in order to print it (this is a problem sometimes in print production).

I'd just submit it as it is and wait for their response. If it's rejected, you can either look for a way to make tikz use something else for dots and lines, or (the easier way) convert your diagram (or parts of it) to plain paths so no fonts get used at all.

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