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What do the messages from Acrobat Preflight "List potential font problems" mean?

New Here ,
Oct 10, 2024 Oct 10, 2024

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Hi:

I have a font with a number of embedded Asian fonts which do not print correctly, nor display correctly in Acrobat.  I am trying to determine why using Adobe Preflight.

Is there a listing of what the warnings mean?  Some of these warnings don't make sense to me.  For instance, "Font embedding flag allows for embedding" - isn't that a good thing?  Or does it really mean that this font lacks that flag?

 

Thanks,

Sol

 

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Oct 10, 2024 Oct 10, 2024

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Hi kglad:

Thank you for the quick response. 

 

So, you've moved the question already or do I have to do it?

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Oct 23, 2024 Oct 23, 2024

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Hi @Solg ,

 

All Preflight warnings are not necessarily errors and user can take the required action on it as per their requirement. They can chose to fix or ignore. The deep details of the warning area can be seen be clicking the dropdown available in highlighted part in your screenshot (small triangle). 

Some information around the warning categories shown in image , In general, the TrueType and OpenType specifications define the following types of embedding associated with a font:

No embedding allowed: The font may not be embedded into an electronic document for any purpose.

Embedding for preview and print only: Fonts can be embedded for preview and print, either the full character set or only a subset of characters can be embedded in an electronic document solely for the purpose of viewing that document on-screen or printing. Although a font that can be embedded for preview and print may be embedded in an electronic document, the embedded font may not be used to further edit the document in which it is contained, to edit or create other documents, or to fill forms fields.

Editable embedding: Fonts that are available for editable embedding can be embedded in electronic documents. The recipient of the electronic document can then use the fonts to view, print, and modify the text and structure of the document in which it is embedded. These changes can then be saved in the original document. Editable embedding is the type of embedding done for filling forms and editing free-text annotations. This type of embedding is different from using embedded fonts for editing, which provides full text editing capabilities using an embedded font.

Installable embedding: The font may be provided with an electronic document and installed on the recipient’s computer for use in creating new documents.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards,

Divya Kumar Singh

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