Arial being changed to ArialMT in PDF

Shmuel Wolfson sbw at actcom.com
Thu Jun 19 02:50:21 PDT 2008


Speaking on fonts, does anyone have any info on any info on the various 
types of fonts such as TrueType? What are the most common types?

Any info would be appreciated.

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson


Paul Findon wrote:
> On 19 Jun 2008, at 05:47, Dov Isaacs wrote:
>
>   
>> You are getting exactly what you ask for (and deserve? :-) )
>>     
>
> Spoken like a true survivor of the Type 1 Resistance :-)
>
> Paul
>
>
>   
>> The font name is "Arial" but the "PostScript name" inside the font
>> (i.e., what displays inside of Acrobat or Reader) of that particular
>> font is "ArialMT" where the "MT" is for Monotype, the font foundry
>> from which it originates.
>>
>> Thus, what you are getting out of Distiller is perfectly kosher
>> (assuming you really like Arial)!
>>
>>         - Dov
>>
>>
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Lane, Laura K
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:43 AM
>>>
>>> I'm using FrameMaker 7.2, Acrobat Pro 7.0.9, and XP.  I've been  
>>> printing
>>> PDF books and individual files from FrameMaker using the Arial  
>>> font but
>>> when I check the font in the PDF it has been changed to ArialMT.   
>>> I have
>>> the font locations in the settings for the Distiller program as the
>>> following:
>>>
>>>       
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