Please add "Convert fonts to outlines" function in Export/PDF/Advanced dialog box in InDesign.

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November 7, 2024
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Dear Adobe!

Please add "Convert fonts to outlines" function in Export/PDF/Advanced dialog box in InDesign.

Thank you!

Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

For Gods sake: why???
You would never, never need it. And in that very, very rare case you would, you can do so in Acrobat already or (but again: very, very bad!) do it in InDesign with a flattener pre-set in InDesign at Export to PDF.

M

Mooggeene

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I also think it would be superfluous, but very often many printers and online print services explicitly ask for all text to be converted to outlines. I know the function exists in Acrobat, but why add an extra step (and not a very intuitive one at that) when there could be a direct option right in InDesign's print context menu?

rob day

Community Expert

online print services explicitly ask for all text to be converted to outlines

Online printers request outlines as a hedge against missing fonts in their automated preflight systems—they don’t need outlines if all of the document fonts have been included with the PDF.

I’ve done a lot of online printing and have never converted text to outlines, but I will double check that the fonts are included via Acrobat’s Document Properties > Fonts.

Frans v.d. Geest

Correct answer

Community Expert

For Gods sake: why???
You would never, never need it. And in that very, very rare case you would, you can do so in Acrobat already or (but again: very, very bad!) do it in InDesign with a flattener pre-set in InDesign at Export to PDF.