embedding base 14 fonts

[Bodvar Bjorgvinsson]

Sorry for rather aged reference (not exactly recommended by me, though). :-(

Oddly enough this was the very first reference that came up by Google.
Actually the ref is since 2003.
The main thing issue for me was to explain the name of the collection
and the reason why Acrobat may default not to not embed these fonts.

Here is another reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format#Base_14_fonts

I have been using Acrobat 4 through 8 and I have not seen any
difference in the standard behaviour of the versions regarding these
fonts, but always followed the rules, especially emphasized by our
dear Shlomo Peretz: to embed all fonts, no exceptions (in spite of
what Wikipedia and others say) because various printers with the base
14 fonts installed may not always have them behaving 100% the same as
what you will see on your screen with your (default) printer settings.
I have come across differences which can be annoying.

Keep to the rule of embedding all fonts unless you are just making the
pdf for web wiew for relatively new Windows computers only.

Bodvar Bjorgvinsson


2009/5/18 Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com>:
>
> For the record, the site Bodvar recommends souldn't be
> considered definitive. It contains several inaccuracies, and it is badly out
> of date--the newest version of Acrobat that is mentioned anywhere is 6.0,
> and most of the specific instructions refer to versions 4.0 and 5.0, which
> are roughly a decade old.
>
> -Fred Ridder
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 08:55:29 +0000
>> Subject: Re: embedding base 14 fonts
>> From: bodvar at gmail.com
>> To: poshedly at bellsouth.net
>> CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>>
>> Some info:
>>
>> http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/base14fonts.htm
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Bodvar
>>
>> 2009/5/16 Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net>:
>> > The pdf I created for press publication of a quarterly journal for a
>> > nonprofit organization does not have all fonts -- especially base 14
>> > fonts -- embedded, which is required by the out-of-state printer we are
>> > using.
>> >
>> > I checked the settings in Distiller 9.0 and "Embed all fonts" is
>> > checked. But base 14 fonts are exempt.
>> >
>> > The printer rep said they can do the embedding for a surcharge, but
>> > I'd rather not go that route.
>> >
>> > I've read up a much as I could handle on base 14 fonts, and have seen
>> > something called "PDF enhancer" by Apago, which runs $199 for the
>> > Standard Edition for Windows, $399 for the Professional Edition, and
>> > lots more for the two server versions. I can't see in their
>> > descriptions which -- if any -- embeds base 14 fonts, plus I'm not
>> > crazy about the pricing either.
>> >
>> > So what to do?
>> >
>> > -- Kenpo in Atlanta
>> >
>> >
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