cfpdfform (CF8) changes text-field font of an adobe 9 pdf form to Courier

I'm having problems getting cfpdfform to render the text-field font as it exists in the source pdf form.

The source pdf form was created in Acrobat 9 Standard.

When I download the pdf from the server using cfcontent, the text-fields look as expected, retaining their designated font (and the pdf has the desired fonts embedded).

However, when I do a cfpdfform action="populate", the text-field font is switched with Courier (even though the desired fonts remain embedded).

This happens regardless of what font I pick.

I have verified that the font exists on the server and in cf admin.

Here's my code:

<!--- populate --->
<cfpdfform action="populate"
           source="#pdfPathFile#"
           destination = "#pdfPathFile#"
           overwrite = "yes">

    <cfpdfformparam name="student_name" value="first name and last name" />
    <cfpdfformparam name="certificate_title" value="a cool certificate title" />
    <cfpdfformparam name="certificate_date" value="1/1/2010" />

</cfpdfform>

<!--- make read-only --->
<cfpdf action = "write"
       destination = "#pdfPathFile#"
       source = "#pdfPathFile#"
       flatten = "yes"
       overwrite = "yes"  />

<!--- return the content --->
<cfcontent
    file = "#pdfPathFile#"
    deleteFile = "yes"
    reset = "yes"
    type = "application/pdf" />

Commenting out the cfpdf action = "write" block produced the same outcome.

Using different source and destination filenames (vs overwriting  existing one) didn't make a difference, either.

Any ideas on how I can get cfpdfform to respect my predefined text-field fonts?

I truly appreciate your time.