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September 22, 2023
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Embedding Full Fonts

  • September 22, 2023
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I'm trying to embed full fonts within Acrobat without subset. I succeeded in doing that but it doesn't use the original font family. For example: Instead of embedding Arial MT, it changes it to HWRDBDNKJJ-ArialMT. We can't use that when running the PDF through our current software for VDP as it increases the file size per entry. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
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    September 24, 2023

    Embedding the full font can increase the document size when the font contains many character sets. Every so often, the font name changes to something “obscure” in the PDF document. However, I have never investigated that.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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    MB_PrepressAuthor
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    September 25, 2023

    Thank you. We are aware of the file increase with embedding the full font family. I am just wondering if there is a workaround for not having another (copy) created for each file as it is: HWRDBDNKJJ-ArialMT. Please advise.

    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
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    September 25, 2023

    Embedding a font in a file means to have a copy of the font in each file.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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