There are 35 fonts which are considered standard to all PostScript level 1 and 2 interpreters. Level 3 defines rather more fonts, of which these 35 are a subset. URW has kindly donated free versions of these fonts to the world, but under different names from the standard Adobe ones. Hence these tables for getting from one name to the other...
In most cases these tables are unnecessary: your application will know about the equivalance, and use the correct URW font if given an Adobe name and it has not Adobe fonts. However, there are unfortunately times when these tables are useful...
| Adobe | URW |
|---|---|
| AvantGarde | Gothic |
| Bookman | Bookman |
| Courier | Nimbus Mono |
| Helvetica | Nimbus Sans |
| New Century Schoolbook | Century Schoolbook |
| Palatino | Palladio |
| Times Roman | Nimbus Roman No 9 |
| Zapf Chancery | Chancery |
| Symbol | Symbol |
| Zapf Dingbats | Dingbats |
| Adobe | URW |
|---|---|
| /Bookman-Demi | /URWBookmanL-DemiBold |
| /Bookman-DemiItalic | /URWBookmanL-DemiBoldItal |
| /Bookman-Light | /URWBookmanL-Ligh |
| /Bookman-LightItalic | /URWBookmanL-LighItal |
| /Courier | /NimbusMonL-Regu |
| /Courier-Oblique | /NimbusMonL-ReguObli |
| /Courier-Bold | /NimbusMonL-Bold |
| /Courier-BoldOblique | /NimbusMonL-BoldObli |
| /AvantGarde-Book | /URWGothicL-Book |
| /AvantGarde-BookOblique | /URWGothicL-BookObli |
| /AvantGarde-Demi | /URWGothicL-Demi |
| /AvantGarde-DemiOblique | /URWGothicL-DemiObli |
| /Helvetica | /NimbusSanL-Regu |
| /Helvetica-Oblique | /NimbusSanL-ReguItal |
| /Helvetica-Bold | /NimbusSanL-Bold |
| /Helvetica-BoldOblique | /NimbusSanL-BoldItal |
| /Helvetica-Narrow | /NimbusSanL-ReguCond |
| /Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique | /NimbusSanL-ReguCondItal |
| /Helvetica-Narrow-Bold | /NimbusSanL-BoldCond |
| /Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique | /NimbusSanL-BoldCondItal |
| /Palatino-Roman | /URWPalladioL-Roma |
| /Palatino-Italic | /URWPalladioL-Ital |
| /Palatino-Bold | /URWPalladioL-Bold |
| /Palatino-BoldItalic | /URWPalladioL-BoldItal |
| /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman | /CenturySchL-Roma |
| /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic | /CenturySchL-Ital |
| /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold | /CenturySchL-Bold |
| /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic | /CenturySchL-BoldItal |
| /Times-Roman | /NimbusRomNo9L-Regu |
| /Times-Italic | /NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal |
| /Times-Bold | /NimbusRomNo9L-Medi |
| /Times-BoldItalic | /NimbusRomNo9L-MediItal |
| /Symbol | /StandardSymL |
| /ZapfChancery-MediumItalic | /URWChanceryL-MediItal |
| /ZapfDingbats | /Dingbats |
(All from Ghostscript's Fontmap)
| Adobe | URW |
|---|---|
| avantgarde-book-r-normal | Gothic L-book-r-normal |
| avantgarde-book-o-normal | Gothic L-book-o-normal |
| avantgarde-demi-r-normal | Gothic L-demi bold-r-normal |
| avantgarde-demi-o-normal | Gothic L-demi bold-o-normal |
| bookman-light-r-normal | Bookman L-light-r-normal |
| bookman-light-i-normal | Bookman L-light-i-normal |
| bookman-demi-r-normal | Bookman L-demi bold-r-normal |
| bookman-demi-i-normal | Bookman L-demi bold-i-normal |
| courier-medium-r-normal | Nimbus Mono L-medium-r-normal |
| courier-medium-o-normal | Nimbus Mono L-medium-o-normal |
| courier-bold-r-normal | Nimbus Mono L-bold-r-normal |
| courier-bold-o-normal | Nimbus Mono L-bold-o-normal |
| helvetica-medium-r-normal | Nimbus Sans L-medium-r-normal |
| helvetica-medium-o-normal | Nimbus Sans L-medium-o-normal |
| helvetica-bold-r-normal | Nimbus Sans L-bold-r-normal |
| helvetica-bold-o-normal | Nimbus Sans L-bold-o-normal |
| helvetica-medium-r-narrow | Nimbus Sans L-medium-r-condensed |
| helvetica-medium-o-narrow | Nimbus Sans L-medium-o-condensed |
| helvetica-bold-r-narrow | Nimbus Sans L-bold-r-condensed |
| helvetica-bold-o-narrow | Nimbus Sans L-bold-o-condensed |
| new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal | Century Schoolbook L-medium-r-normal |
| new century schoolbook-medium-i-normal | Century Schoolbook L-medium-i-normal |
| new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal | Century Schoolbook L-bold-r-normal |
| new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal | Century Schoolbook L-bold-i-normal |
| palatino-medium-r-normal | Palladio L-medium-r-normal |
| palatino-medium-i-normal | Palladio L-medium-i-normal |
| palatino-bold-r-normal | Palladio L-bold-r-normal |
| palatino-bold-i-normal | Palladio L-bold-i-normal |
| times-medium-r-normal | Nimbus Roman No9 L-medium-r-normal |
| times-medium-i-normal | Nimbus Roman No9 L-medium-i-normal |
| times-bold-r-normal | Nimbus Roman No9 L-bold-r-normal |
| times-bold-i-normal | Nimbus Roman No9 L-bold-i-normal |
| symbol-medium-r-normal | Standard Symbols L-medium-r-normal |
| zapf chancery-medium-i-normal | Chancery L-medium-i-normal |
The good news is that X11 font matching is case insensitive.
(To be filled in later...)