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pengwen456
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Problem embedding Minion Pro into a pdf

  • September 9, 2016
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An author wants to use Minion Pro for his manuscript for a paperback book. I embedded the font in the Word file, but when saving as a pdf, the font won't embed and there are problems uploading it to the printing system. The only option it to rasterize it, which makes it blurry. I purchased a subscription to Creative Cloud and synced the Minion Pro font versions to my computer, but it STILL won't embed into the pdf. What do I do?

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    Correct answer Dov Isaacs

    Can we assume you are running under Windows?

    Also, exactly how are you creating the PDF file from Word? If you use Office's built-in Save as PDF, you won't be able to embed any fonts other than TrueType fonts, even with the latest version of Office 2016 applications. This bug has been reported to Microsoft numerous times, but Microsoft doesn't consider the bug important enough to fix. And Minion Pro, as well as all fonts in the Adobe Type Library and TypeKit are OpenType CFF fonts (not TrueType).

    On the other hand, if you are using Acrobat's Save as Adobe PDF PDFMaker feature, all fonts that are not protected against embedding (Minion Pro does allow Preview & Print embedding) are properly embedded!

              - Dov

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    grafx
    Participating Frequently
    May 31, 2023

    Recently I am just having this problem as well. InDesign 18.2.1 file using Minion Pro, opentype font, exporting to interactive PDF, bullets do not translate (screenshot attached). If I export as a print PDF it works. Does anyone know how to fix the interactive export so fonts stay intact?

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    Brainiac
    June 1, 2023

    Different problem. Looks as though the font just does not contain the bullet glyph. 

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    FPC5FE7
    New Participant
    July 10, 2021

    Use Cute PDF Writer.  It installs into your printer list.  Prints WYSIWYG.  I've had to fall back on this wonderful piece of software many times when the Adobe PDF "print as" function hasn't worked.  I also use Minion Pro - a lovely readable font - which is an Adobe font (!), but won't read properly in Adobe.

    JR Boulay
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    September 12, 2016

    it keeps asking me for money, so it looks like this might not be included in the CC subscription.

    You need to login with the same Adobe ID used fot the CC subscription.

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    pengwen456Author
    New Participant
    September 12, 2016

    Thanks, I've been logging in with that ID. Where do I go to install Acrobat Pro?

    JR Boulay
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    September 25, 2016

    Where do I go to install Acrobat Pro?

    Go to Adobe.com and find the Acrobat Document Cloud page.

     

     

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    JR Boulay
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    September 12, 2016

    If you have already paid for a CC subscription you just have to install Acrobat Pro, so the PDF Maker plugin will be automaticaly installed too.

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    Dov Isaacs
    Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
    Brainiac
    September 10, 2016

    Can we assume you are running under Windows?

    Also, exactly how are you creating the PDF file from Word? If you use Office's built-in Save as PDF, you won't be able to embed any fonts other than TrueType fonts, even with the latest version of Office 2016 applications. This bug has been reported to Microsoft numerous times, but Microsoft doesn't consider the bug important enough to fix. And Minion Pro, as well as all fonts in the Adobe Type Library and TypeKit are OpenType CFF fonts (not TrueType).

    On the other hand, if you are using Acrobat's Save as Adobe PDF PDFMaker feature, all fonts that are not protected against embedding (Minion Pro does allow Preview & Print embedding) are properly embedded!

              - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
    JR Boulay
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    September 10, 2016

    According to what Dov wrote, and since you get a CC subscription you can also use the Adobe online converter: https://cloud.acrobat.com/convertpdf

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      pengwen456Author
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      September 12, 2016

      Thank you, JR, but it keeps asking me for money, so it looks like this might not be included in the CC subscription...

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