Custom fonts display in FrameMaker 10, but appear as blocks in PDF.Why?

[Guest]

FrameMaker 10, Acrobat X Pro,

Windows 7, 64 bit PC

These custom fonts display as circle numbers for callouts. When I "Save as PDF", they become blocks. Why?

[Arnis Gubins]

When you did the SaveAsPDF, did you have the "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" option selected? Leaving this unselected, i.e. in CMYK mode, messes up quite a number of fonts amongst other things.

[Bob_Niland · Accepted solution]

This is probably not the cause, but ...

... be sure to embed fonts in the PDF.

If the chosen non-roman font is sufficiently odd, the substitution on a system lacking it might be very odd indeed.

[Guest]

The "Convert CYMK colors to RGB" check box needed to be checked. Thanks for the help!