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Participant
April 25, 2025
Question

Missing Fonts Issue When Auto-Tagging Korean PDF Files

  • April 25, 2025
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Hello, Adobe Acrobat Support Community,

 

I’m working on converting Korean-language PDF files into accessible PDFs using Adobe Acrobat Pro, and I’m encountering an issue during the auto-tagging process. Some portions of text seem to be missing, possibly due to a font issue.

These missing text segments are not visible on screen, cannot be read by screen readers, and do not appear in the Content panel, suggesting that they’ve been completely excluded from the document structure.

Has anyone encountered this issue before, and if so, do you have any suggestions or solutions for fixing it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

 

Best regards,
Haesolla Kim

2 replies

Participant
May 14, 2025

I’ve experienced something similar when fonts aren’t properly embedded in PDFs. It might help to ensure the font is embedded correctly during the creation process or try converting the document to a different format before auto-tagging. Also, check if the font is supported by Acrobat and update it if needed 여기여.

S_S
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 25, 2025

Hi @boinpdf_7265,

 

Hope you are doing well. Sorry for your experience with creating accessible PDFs on Acrobat.

 

What I would like to know here, is, how the PDF files are created? 

Have you tried using the Preflight tool to eliminate any possible font embedding issue before going ahead with the auto-tagging process? 

 

You can try the below steps:

Open the file > go to Tools > Print Production > Preflight > Select Single Fixups > Embed missing fonts > Fix (screenshot attached for reference).

 

 

Once done, try the auto-tagging process again.

You can learn more about the pre-flight tool here: https://adobe.ly/3GsuJE0.

 

Also, ensure that you are on the latest version of Acrobat (2025.001.20467) for the best experience.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards,
Souvik.

Participant
May 9, 2025

Hello, Souvik

Thank you for your reply!

 

The PDF files I’m working with were originally created in formats like DOCX and INDD, and then converted to PDF.

 

As you suggested, I tried using Preflight to check for any font-related issues before running the auto-tagging process, but unfortunately, the same issue still occurs.

 

This problem happens not only with Korean-language PDFs but sometimes with English-language ones as well.

 

Additionally, I’m currently using the latest version of Acrobat Pro.

 

I would greatly appreciate any further advice you might have on how to resolve this issue.

 

Best regards,

Haesolla Kim

S_S
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 13, 2025

Hi @boinpdf_7265,

 

Thanks for the response. 

 

Since you are creating the files from Microsoft Word, would you mind trying the steps below when creating the PDF:

Open the document in Word > Print > select "Adobe PDF" > click on "Advanced" > check the box "Do not rely on System Fonts. Use document fonts only." > Print.

 

Let us know if this works for you.


Regards,
Souvik.