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chrispro
chrispro
Participant
August 30, 2022
Question

Embed fonts 17.01 vs 17.4

  • August 30, 2022
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We have used the "subset fonts when percent of a character used is less than" feature for over a decade. It is very important to our business for the PDF to be generated with the fonts fully embedded. (As many as it can get)

We received in a rather large file a week ago and noticed that there were far more subset fonts than in the past. We investigated and then opened the original 17.4 file onto 17.01 - and the fonts became embedded upon creation.

Is this a known bug? Or, did Adobe take this away from us?

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Rishabh_Tiwari
Rishabh_Tiwari
Legend
August 30, 2022

Hi,

 

Thanks for reaching out, This feature is still available in the latest version of InDesign which is 17.4 as mentioned here https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/pdf-options.html so please share a few more details, so that we can reproduce this on our end:

 

  1. The version of the Operating System.
  2. Is this happening with a specific file or multiple files?
  3. Will it be possible for you to share the file with us?

 

Regards

Rishabh

chrispro
chrisproAuthor
Participant
August 30, 2022

Yes. I can share the file. Please just tell me how. 

Open file in 17.01
Export PDF (with embed set to zero) - only 2-3 fonts are subset

Open file in 17.4 

Export PDF (with embed set to zero) - almost every single font is subset

James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
August 30, 2022

I'm not clear why having the fonts subset (usually to the glyphs actually used) is a problem. Why would you want the entire bulky font embedded, in multiple?

 

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