diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a488d8..f75e6a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
 - Output converter for the hOCR format ([#651](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/651))
+- Font name aliases for Arial, Courier New and Times New Roman ([#790](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/790))
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- 'ValueError': when bmp images with 1 bit channel are decoded ([#773](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/issues/773))
+- `ValueError` when bmp images with 1 bit channel are decoded ([#773](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/issues/773))
 - `ValueError` when trying to decrypt empty metadata values ([#766](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/issues/766))
 - Sphinx errors during building of documentation ([#760](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/760))
 - `TypeError` when getting default width of font ([#720](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/issues/720))
-- Install typing-extensions on Python 3.6 and 3.7 ([#775](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/775))
+- Installing typing-extensions on Python 3.6 and 3.7 ([#775](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/775))
 - `TypeError` in cmapdb.py when parsing null characters ([#768](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/768))
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/pdfminer/fontmetrics.py b/pdfminer/fontmetrics.py
index 2ed0f02..54b2c5a 100644
--- a/pdfminer/fontmetrics.py
+++ b/pdfminer/fontmetrics.py
@@ -4447,3 +4447,18 @@ FONT_METRICS = {
         },
     ),
 }
+
+# Aliases defined in implementation note 62 in Appecix H. related to section 5.5.1
+# (Type 1 Fonts) in the PDF Reference.
+FONT_METRICS["Arial"] = FONT_METRICS["Helvetica"]
+FONT_METRICS["Arial,Italic"] = FONT_METRICS["Helvetica-Oblique"]
+FONT_METRICS["Arial,Bold"] = FONT_METRICS["Helvetica-Bold"]
+FONT_METRICS["Arial,BoldItalic"] = FONT_METRICS["Helvetica-BoldOblique"]
+FONT_METRICS["CourierNew"] = FONT_METRICS["Courier"]
+FONT_METRICS["CourierNew,Italic"] = FONT_METRICS["Courier-Oblique"]
+FONT_METRICS["CourierNew,Bold"] = FONT_METRICS["Courier-Bold"]
+FONT_METRICS["CourierNew,BoldItalic"] = FONT_METRICS["Courier-BoldOblique"]
+FONT_METRICS["TimesNewRoman"] = FONT_METRICS["Times-Roman"]
+FONT_METRICS["TimesNewRoman,Italic"] = FONT_METRICS["Times-Italic"]
+FONT_METRICS["TimesNewRoman,Bold"] = FONT_METRICS["Times-Bold"]
+FONT_METRICS["TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic"] = FONT_METRICS["Times-BoldItalic"]