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why microsoft word convert texts with ps opentype .otf font to bitmap on exporting

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December 8, 2024
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Hello

I am deeply sorry

I know this is indesign forum, but may be someon knows answer because of indesign and adobe ps .otf fonts are reletaed to each other.

Does anyone know why microsoft word convert texts with ps opentype .otf font to bitmap on exportingto pdf?

I asked this from microsft forum and just one reply suggesting embeding issu and I sayed noevery font will be convertd to bitmap.

Thanks

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JR Boulay

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This question is better placed in this discussion:

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse

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On further searching, I found this:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/office-suite-issues/fails-embedding-adobe-opentype-font

Turns out Microsoft INTENTIONALLY does not embed .otf fonts using the built in "Save As" > PDF format.

This does not apply to to using the Adobe Save As PDF plugin which does emded them properly, so that's your answer.

Ironically, the Mac version of Word properly embeds the .otf fonts using the "Save As" route despite what they say.

sak95456465Author

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Thanks for your time and answer

I use file/export/creat pdf window 11 and office 2024

I attached screenshot and sample font

This link of microsoft answer was useful But I am curious why such a big company convert text to bitmap and user lost text in pdf, without any warning! meanwhile small app like libreoffice export otf font correctly.

Thank you very much

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

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Yeah, this is totaIly on Microsoft. I have no idea why they wouldn't support them properly.

In any case, I was able to reproduce the issue, and that's what led me to search up the above link.

That being said, you CAN make the PDF reference the fonts even if it can't embed them by unchecking the "Bitmap..." option when you Save As > Options. Unfortunately, this only helps if the viewer has those fonts installed at their end for them to display properly, otherwise it substitutes a generic, so I doubt this is what you want. This also happens by default if you select "Minimum size for Publishing Online".

So, again, the answer for this right now is to use Adobe's Acrobat Save as PDF plugin instead

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

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How do you know they are converting to bitmap?

What does it say in the PDF's Document Properties > Fonts.

What's your System and version, and how EXACTLY are you creating your PDF? i.e. are you "Saving As" from within Word's save dialog, or are you Saving As PDF using the Adobe Plugin? Or are you printing to a Adobe PDF driver or some other?

James Gifford—NitroPress

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Not all fonts are licensed for export to all destination formats. If you export a document with such fonts, you may get an error message and be unable to complete the export, or the PDF export tool will convert the fonts to a "static" form such as outlines or bitmap. (Even when fonts are exported/embedded as part of a document, they are often encrypted so that they cannot be extracted and used separately.)

The only solution is to use fonts that are licensed for PDF export, or otherwise "open license/use."

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