Font being changed by Adobe

[jay_4488]

When opening a pdf, it shows as Franklin Gothic, but when I edit the new text is Minion Pro. Why? How do keep it in Franklin Gothic?  

[Bobby Henderson]

Your computer must be missing the version of Franklin Gothic used in the PDF. Multiple versions of Franklin Gothic have been released by different type foundries through the years. Which application are you using? Are you getting a missing fonts warning when opening the PDF?

[jay_4488]

Thanks Bobby. the person who created the original is gone and we don't have the original, only the pdf. It was probably done with Microsoft Publisher.

[Bobby Henderson · Accepted solution]

If you open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat and check the document's Properties it should say the exact name of the font used if the font data was embedded in the PDF. Microsoft has its own "flavor" of Franklin Gothic bundled into copies of Windows and MS Office products (more styles are included in MS Office). It could differ from the version of Franklin Gothic that you can add/install at Adobe Fonts. Both are supposed to be ITC "cuts," but fonts can be tweaked from one version to the next. Slight changes and adjustments can be made to the glyph designs. And other changes can be made to the metrics. That could be an even bigger issue when working with multi-page documents and large blocks of body copy. Changes in letter spacing and line spacing could add up and affect how much of a page is used by text flow.

[jay_4488]

Thanks again Bobby. I did already find Franklin Gothic ATF. Looking at the properties does show some other versions of Franklin Gothis. Will have to play around until I find the one closest to what was used. At least now I know where to begin. 

Much appreciated