xpdf only looks for Type1 fonts and doesn't use X fonts, as far as I can tell. This is a problem if you don't have gsfonts, because PDFs that require fonts that aren't embedded will give you "No display font for 'Times-Italic'" and things and not print the text. One solution to ensure this doesn't happen is to depend on gsfonts.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->nork I'll handle this.
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks!