Embedded fonts in PDFs

[Shlomo Perets]

Amy,

You wrote:

>I'm using FM8 and Acrobat 8 professional.  I have a joboptions file
>that specifies to embed the fonts.
>Acroabat is looking for fonts in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts, and is finding most of 
>them.
>However, some of the fonts I use have a little arrow on the font icon
>displayed in the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
>I assume this means they are linked. The sources for these are in
>C:\PSFONTS\ and C:\PSFONTS\PFM.
>The fonts in the PSFONTS folder are *not* being embedded in the PDF.
>
>ALL of these fonts show up just fine in Adobe Type manager.
>
>How can I get the PDF to embed all the fonts, including those in the
>PSFONTS folder?


-- In Distiller, select Settings > Font Locations, and make sure that 
C:\PSFONTS\ is included in the list of font locations (or add it otherwise).

-- In your job options (Settings > Edit Adobe PDF Settings), Fonts 
category, make sure that the "Never Embed" list does not include the fonts 
you would like to embed (as a general guideline, I recommend clearing all 
entries in this list, so that all fonts are embedded, with no exceptions, 
and having Subsetting turned on as well).


[Note: ATM is generally not needed with Windows 2000 or later OS; however, 
I would not recommend uninstalling ATM if it is already installed, at this 
could result in problems with PS font handling, unless ATM is 
upgraded/inspected first]


Shlomo Perets

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