MarkerFelt font cannot be embedded in the PDF document

[jr2248378]

I use the font Marker Felt. 

When creating the PDF for printing, the following error message has been appearing for the past 1 or 2 months:

Due to licensing restrictions, the MarkerFelt font cannot be embedded in the PDF document. Strikethrough text is not visible. Translated form Dutch ("Het lettertype MarkerFelt kan vanwege licentiebeperkingen niet worden ingesloten in het PDF-document. Doorgehaalde tekst is niet zichtbaar.")

The font Maker Felt is open source/free (handwriting, free for commercial use😞 https://www.1001freefonts.com/marker-felt.font

I tried all the solutions sugested on the website of Adobe. Like delete and install the font again in the Creative Cloud. But nothing works.

How to solve this issue?

[jane-e]

@jr2248378 

I've moved your post from Using the Community to the Acrobat forum.

Please tell us the application and version you are using to create the PDF as well as the version of Adobe Acrobat that you are using.

Jane

[jr2248378]

Thanks for moving it to the correct community. I create the PDF's from Illustrator, Indesign, etcetera. Version's 2025.

[kglad]

in what app do you see that message?

[jr2248378]

In all the Adobe app's, like Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, etcetera. See the screenshot enclosed. It's Dutch. The translation is:

• The following problems were encountered while saving the document
• Due to licensing restrictions, the MarkerFelt font cannot be embedded in the PDF document. Strikethrough text is not visible.

[kglad]

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

<"moved from using the community to acrobat to illustrator">

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

The font is probably pretty old and has been made using one of those old font editors that set the embedding bit in a way that embedding is forbidden. Probably without the designer wanting that.

But you are now stuck. You can try outlining the font which is not desirable or you can try and get a different version o f the font.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Accepted solution]

The Marker Felt you downloaded is a knockoff of the real original Marker Felt supplied as part of the Mac OS system fonts since 1992. He changed some letterforms here and there, but basically it's sorta the same font., but it is NOT the same as the "official" Marker Felt if that is what you really wanted.

That being said, If you want an unrestricted version of the knockoff, search for "Typographer Mediengestaltung" (this is the guy who did it) and look for DS Marker Felt.