Reportlab fonts

[Matt Fair]

Hello,
Does anyone know if it is possible yet to expand the standard 14 fonts
when generating pdfs with reportlab?  In the user manual it says that
they are working on embedding fonts into the pdf.  What are the
limitations to pdfs?  Are the 14 standard fonts on the clients computer
with Acrobat?  Would there be a way to expand the fonts even though you
could embed the fonts into the pdf (the user would require to have the
fonts on the computer).  How accurate can you make these pdf for
printing?  I need to make printable files that are very accurate to
where the text is and the size and font.
Thanks
Matt