Choosing And Using Fonts - Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS Manual

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You Can't Break
the Lock
A lock symbol to the left
of a font's name in the Fonts
settings dialog indicates
that the font is locked. If you
select that font, Acrobat
displays a message below
the Font Source menu stat-
ing that the font's license
does not permit embedding.
In this case, you have two
options: Either you must pur-
chase the font for everyone
who uses the document, or
you should change to a font
that can be embedded.
C h a p t e r f i v e
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Before converting a document to PDF, make sure your fonts can be used
and viewed by others. Access the settings from a PDFMaker, Distiller, or
the Adobe PDF Printer driver. Here's an example using Word:
1. In Word, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings. Click the
Advanced Settings button to open the Adobe PDF Settings dialog;
then click the Fonts folder in the left column to display the Fonts set-
tings (Figure 37a).
Figure 37a Select embedding and subsetting options for your file conversion.
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Depending on the conversion settings option you are using, you
may find the "Embed all fonts, " "Embed Open Type fonts, " or the
"Subset embedded fonts" check boxes at the top of the pane
already selected.
2. In the lower portion of the window, select the font you want to embed
from the list at the left and click Add. The font is added to the Always
Embed list at the right if it can be embedded. A locked font, which
shows a lock icon to the left of its name, can't be embedded (see the
sidebar "You Can't Break the Lock").
3. Click OK and name the joboptions file in the prompt dialog that opens.
Back in the source program, convert the document to PDF.
A common error is to preview a document only on your computer
using your installed fonts, which isn't how other computers display your
file unless the font is embedded. Figure 37b shows the text using fonts
installed on my computer in the upper heading example. To preview the
file without local fonts, choose Edit > Preferences (Acrobat > Preferences)
and choose Page Display from the left column. Clear the "Use local fonts"
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Choosing and Using fonts

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