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Replace font(s) globally in a PDF - Plug in?

Explorer ,
Sep 14, 2018 Sep 14, 2018

I have to globally replace all three fonts used/embedded in six 120+ pages PDF files.

So far I didn't find a way to do this with the onboard tools in Acrobat Pro.

Fortunately it works with the trial version of PitStop Pro.

But I was wondering if there are any (cheaper or free) reliable alternatives which you are using for this simple task.

Thanks in advance!

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Sep 15, 2018 Sep 15, 2018

To be very clear such font replacement is anything but a simple task! It requires significant modification of the PDF file including re-layout and spacing of text in addition to replacing font definitions. It also has to be able to deal with character set content and encoding differences.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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Community Expert ,
Sep 15, 2018 Sep 15, 2018

You could File > Export To the PDF as a MSWord document. Change the font in Word. Then re-make the PDF. It may require significant touchups to the Word doc before converting back to PDF.

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New Here ,
Jun 20, 2023 Jun 20, 2023
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Thanks. This obviously isn't the best solution but it works. It's probably the only way of doing this pending Adobe adding the feature to Acrobat Pro. 

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