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If a font is not embedded in a PDF file and the user does not have access to the original
font on their system, Acrobat substitutes the font with a Multiple Master serif or sans serif
typeface. If the metrics of the original font are included in the PDF file, the Multiple Master
typeface can stretch or condense to fit, to ensure that line and page breaks are maintained
from the original document. The substitution cannot always match the shape of the
original characters, however, especially if the characters are unconventional ones, such as
script typefaces. (For Asian text, Acrobat uses fonts from the installed Asian language kit or
from similar fonts on the user’s system. Fonts from some languages or with unknown
encodings cannot be substituted; in these cases, the text appears as bullets in the file.)
Previewing PDF files without embedded fonts
You may want to see a preview of how substituted fonts will look in your PDF file to help
you decide which fonts to embed.
To preview an Adobe PDF file without embedded fonts:
In Acrobat, choose View > Use Local Fonts to specify whether Acrobat should ignore the
fonts installed on your system.When Use Local Fonts is off (that is, it does not have a check
mark by it), Acrobat displays the PDF file using substitute fonts for all fonts that are not
embedded. If a font cannot be substituted, the text in it appears as bullets, and Acrobat
displays an error message. This enables you to see how your PDF file will appear on a
device that doesn't have these fonts installed.
When Use Local Fonts is off, the PDF file also prints using substituted fonts.
Setting the Distiller Fonts job options
The Fonts job options specify fonts to embed in an Adobe PDF file, and whether to embed
a subset of characters used in the PDF file.
Note:
When you combine PDF files in Acrobat with the same font subset, the subsets are
not combined. As a result, combining files that contain subsets may result in a large file.
To set the Fonts job options:
1
Select an existing set of job options from the Job Options menu to use as a starting
point.
2
Choose Settings > Job Options, and click the Fonts tab.
3
Do one of the following:
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To embed all fonts used in the file, select Embed All Fonts.
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To embed only certain fonts, make sure Embed All Fonts is not selected, and move the
fonts you want embedded to the Always Embed list.
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To make sure certain fonts are never embedded, move those fonts to the Never
Embed list.
Note:
Fonts that have license restrictions are preceded by the symbol. If you select a font
with a license restriction, the nature of the restriction is described in the explanation area
of the Job Options dialog box.