pdffontembed

#! /usr/bin/env python

import sys
import argparse
import subprocess
import shlex

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description='Takes a PDF and attempts to embed the fonts.')
    parser.add_argument('-p', help='Paper size', default='a4')
    parser.add_argument('input_file', help='The input PDF')
    parser.add_argument('output_file', help='The output PDF')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    cl = 'gs -dSAFER -dNOPLATFONTS -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite'\
         ' -sPAPERSIZE=%s -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer'\
         ' -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true'\
         ' -dEmbedAllFonts=true -sOutputFile="%s" -f "%s"' % (
        args.p, args.output_file, args.input_file)

    return subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(cl))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())