How to embed OTF fonts in a PDF

[Joyful_contributors16B8]

OS: Windows 10.

I purchased an Open Type Font which is supposed to be embeddable (I checked the font settings in Control Panel > Fonts : it shows as "Editable"). I am using Microsoft Word 2016 and I have Adobe Acrobat installed, so I used "Export as Adobe PDF." However the OTF font was not embedded and text using it turned into gibberish.

Apparently Microsoft's answer is "Only use TrueType fonts. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

Is there any other way to embed an OTF font in a PDF? Can it only be done with InDesign?

[HARSHIKA_VERMA]

Hi David,

Thank you for reaching out. Would you mind checking this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-fonts.html and let us know if that helps?

Thanks,

Harshika

[Joyful_contributors16B8]

Hello Harshika,

While that article wasn't clear in its recommendations, I tried reinstalling the font in one of the folders it mentions (/Users/[username]/Library/Fonts) and that seems to have worked as now the font is embedded. Is that the recommended solution for getting Adobe OTF fonts to embed from Word, or did I accidentally discover a hack that won't work in the future?

Thanks.

ETA: That seemed to be a fluke. Now it is not embedding again. I don't know how I got it to embed the first time.