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RSwarriorky
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October 17, 2013
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Embedding Fonts by save as PDF in Illustrator

  • October 17, 2013
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I'm having a problem embedding fonts using Illustrator by using the "save as" PDF file. I know this can be done by outlining fonts before saving your PDF. Even when the embed fonts setting is check in the presets it still shows the fonts being active in the acrobat preflight. You can also see them active in the document properties window in acrobat Pro. I've played around with this for hours and I want to see evidence that there are no fonts active when releasing PDF's to clients.

Thanks!

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Correct answer George_Johnson

This is confusing to me because fonts are embedded in a PDF so that they are available when viewed on a different system and no font substitution takes place. Your screen shot shows that the fonts are embedded. Problems occur when fonts are not embedded. In any case, Acrobat doesn't have a feature that will convert fonts to outlines, which results in a different set of problems.

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George_Johnson
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October 17, 2013

What do you mean by "font being active", exactly, and why don't you want this when distributing documents?

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RSwarriorkyAuthor
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October 17, 2013

My PDF files are showing the fonts being live no matter what Adobe preset setting I used. The only way to get the fonts embedded is to outline them first in illustrator. I attached a screen capture to prove that they are still live in the PDF file. This means if the recipient don't have these fonts, they will default to something else.

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RSwarriorkyAuthor
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October 17, 2013

This is confusing to me because fonts are embedded in a PDF so that they are available when viewed on a different system and no font substitution takes place. Your screen shot shows that the fonts are embedded. Problems occur when fonts are not embedded. In any case, Acrobat doesn't have a feature that will convert fonts to outlines, which results in a different set of problems.


Yes, I notice that too in the screen shot that the fonts are (Embedded Subset). So I guess my final question would be...does that mean anybody can view the PDF with no font problems. "Just viewing it not editing it"

Thanks!

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