Re: Another Font --> PDF Question

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

It is undocumented, but true, that Acrobat Distiller does not
embed full fonts in many circumstances, even when the subset
option is not selected. In particular, TrueType and OpenType
fonts, when embedded by the Distiller, are not fully embedded.
This has to do with the font size. Many of these fonts are in
the multiple megabyte range.

There should be no problem in printing or displaying PDF files
that have only subsetted fonts. It is only an urban legend that
you need the full font to do "text touchup" in Acrobat. In fact,
to use Acrobat's "text touchup" facility, the full font must
be installed on the system on which the touchup is being done.
Problems combining PDF files with different subsets of the same
font have been pretty resolved with Acrobat 5 and the current
drivers.

        - Dov


At 8/1/2002 12:51 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
>Win98, FM 6; Acrobat 5.0
>
>I was preparing a PDF for a printer who requested all fonts be fully
>embedded, e.i. no subsetting. In the Distiller, I created a new joboption
>file that had 'Embed All...' enabled and 'Subset When...' disabled. The
>'Always Embed' and 'Never Embed' lists are empty.
>
>In the resulting PDF, Doc Properties > Fonts showed most of the fonts
>subsetted. Is this display accurate? If so, is there something alse I need
>to do to fully embed?
>
>I sent the PDF to the printer anyway. I don't see why a subsetted font
>should cause them any problems.
>
>
>Jim Stauffer


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