Font Substitution with PDF Place

I am trying to place a PDF. When I do so Illustrator substitutes fonts, creating a mess.
Is there any way to specify the font replacements to be used.

You can force-embed fonts in Acrobat, if the typeface allows. Also set your prefs to favor appearance over editability in AI to retain the rendered appearance as in Acro.
Mylenium

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Hello,
I am having an intermittent problem with PDFs with Times fonts.
Sometimes the PDFs print OK and other times words will be jumbled together or strange characters will take the place of certain punctuation marks. There are several other things that seem to happen, but I cannot remember every issue. Every time there is a problem, the PDF "Looks good on the monitor!".
This happens on 10.3.9 and Os9 machines also.
I have done Permission Repairs on a regular basis, cleaned my Font Caches, used FontFinagler etc.
I have run Norton on the Os9 machines, taken all fonts out of ATM and put them back in, trashed Adobe prefs, etc.
Sometimes this happens on PDFs from PCs, other times it happens on PDFs from Macs.
All of the versions of Acrobat we are using are Professional versions with the latest updates, so that shouldn't be the issue.
If anyone has any input on this, it will make my life considerably easier.
TIA,
David

David,
It sounds like the problem PDF docs did not have the fonts embedded into the docs when they were created originally, and the Times font on your computer is different. A couple of possible options, (a) ask the original creator to re-make the PDF doc with embedding the fonts, or (b) try re-writing the doc by doing a Save As... in Acrobat.
Hope this helps.

Change Font Size with PDF attachment via e--mail

Hi experts,
I want to send mail with PDF attachment . Now the attachment is ok but only the font size in PDF is a little small.
Is that possible to Change the font size of PDF
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first the data comes from an internal table, then changed to an ABAP Pool.
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      object_header              = lt_objhead
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Hi,
we don´t have many options for setting the font type and size in an ABAP list. One option is that you print the output using either SmartForms or AdobeForms, where you can control font type as well as size. This one requires additional work.
Another option is to use the instruction Print-Control:
NEW-PAGE PRINT ON.
PRINT-CONTROL FONT 1 SIZE 1 LPI 6 CPI 10.
WRITE: /10   'FONT 1 size 1 LPI 6 cpi 10'.
SKIP.
PRINT-CONTROL FONT 1 SIZE 5 LPI 6 CPI 5.
WRITE: /10   'FONT 1 size 5 LPI 6 cpi 5'.
SKIP.
PRINT-CONTROL FONT 2 SIZE 5 LPI 6 CPI 10.
WRITE: /10   'FONT 2 size 5 LPI 6 cpi 10'.
SKIP.
NEW-PAGE PRINT OFF.

Fonts problems with PDF reports and Lexmark printers

Hi,
since yesterday we use Oracle Reports Services 10.1.2.3.0 as our productive reports services.
When we print PDF reports on one of the following printers, the fonts size isn't correct (in the report defined as font size 8, on the paper the font size is about 16!).
- Lexmark T620 PS3
- Lexmark W820 PS3
The printers work correct if I print out a PDF file via Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Best regards
Flo

Hi,
I'm afraid that this was a couple of years ago so I can't remember the font we used.
If memory serves then I think it is something to do with True Type fonts.
Have you searched Metalink? I think that's where I originally got some advice about the fonts in PDF documents.

Why font substitution for PDF?

Just designed a business card for a customer. Using Freehand 11. OSX10.5.6. When I exported the file as a PDF for proofing and printing, I get this message: "Cannot extract the embedded font 'MyriadPro-SemiboldCond'. Some characters may not display or print correctly" And the Myriad font has been substituted. Looks terrible. I embedded the fonts.
Any idea what the problem might be?

Try saving another version of your business card and covert all yout text to paths. Then re-try?
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Making sure fonts travel with PDF document

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To elaborate:
1. If you have Acrobat, check File: Properties: Fonts. See if all fonts are embedded. Embedded Subset is default, which is acceptable.
2. If possible disable the document fonts on your computer, then view the PDF. If the fonts still display properly you should be OK.
3. You can also view the PDF on another computer to ensure the fonts display properly.

Recognize Font Substitution has taken place

Is there a way using the Illustrator API that I can tell if substituted fonts exist in a document after it is loaded.

If you have a font manager (I'm guessing you don't), you can just turn fonts on and off. Without one, you have to remove fonts from Windows (Start>Control Panel>Fonts), but make sure you have a copy of the file before removing anything.
However, the fact that it is Arial Greek may mean the problem is something else and not a simple case of two Arials being active at the same time. Do you get a missing font message in ID?

PDF/A and font substitution

I've embarked on a mission to scan, download, or otherwise capture all of my records as PDF files. It seems reasonable to me that I want to save them as PDF/A when possible so that they will look exactly the same 20 years from now as they do today. (Of course, that significantly increases the size of the files. But bits are cheap.) My problem, of course, is that many of the documents I am acquiring (for example, statements downloaded from financial institutions) use fonts that I don't have installed on my computer, so I can't convert them to PDF/A.
My question is: Do I really need (or want) to convert documents to PDF/A? Assuming the document doesn't rely on some non-standard font I just happen to have installed on my PC, and the font substitution magic works well enough today to give me a perfectly acceptable document, then can I rely on it working just as well 20 years from now? Can I rely on font substitution in other vendor's products producing similar results? Is there anything in the PDF spec that constrains font substitution to producing something similar to what the Adobe products do today?
TIA - Bob

BTW, I tried printing a PDF to the PDF printer with the Default Settings option set to "Press Quality" and I got this:
%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[ Error: Helvetica-Narrow not found, using Font Substitution. Font cannot be embedded. ]%%
%%[ Error: typecheck; OffendingCommand: cshow ]%%
Stack:
-mark-
{--pop-- --pop-- ct_str1 --exch-- 0 --exch-- --put-- ct_str1 --show--
{_ct_na _ct_i --get--} --stopped-- {--pop-- --pop--} {_ct_x _ct_y
--moveto-- 0 --exch-- --rmoveto--} --ifelse-- /_ct_i _ct_i 1 --add--
--def-- --currentpoint-- /_ct_y --exch-- --def-- /_ct_x --exch-- --def--}
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
I tried printing a PDF to the PDF printer with the Default Settings option set to "High Quality Print" and it created a new PDF file. All of the pages in my original document, which were landscape orientation, became portrait orientation in the new document. But otherwise I can't see anything obviously different between the two. In particular, the list of fonts is identical between the old and new documents. That is, the new document has the same embedded fonts and the same non-embedded (and still missing) fonts.

PDF Pack font substitutions

Just subscribed to PDF Pack yesterday. First file I tried to convert came back with font substitutions. Can anything be done about this or shall I cancel my subscription and request a refund? Thx, Mark in Sydney Oz

Hi,
Did you try with different file?
Would you send your document as an email attachment?
I will check it from my end.Please add the link to this forum post for reference.
I have sent you my contact details on your email id.
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Font substitution failing when printing PDF to Non Postcript Printer

I have a problem with PDFs that do not have fonts properly embedded.
For example:
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/PDF/uow-direct-app-home.pdf
If I open the above file, it views on screen ok (using the substitute Adobe Serif MM and Adobe Sans MM) and prints to my postscript printer ok. But... if I print it to the basic office laserjet (Epson c1900), it fails to print any of the type.
Any ideas?

No worries - thought you were from Wolverhampton University - know some
people there ;-)
You might want to ensure all your print drivers are up-to-date since
this can seriously affect output - especially with Acrobat 8 printing
issue. Don't forget to update to 8.1.2 through the 'Check for Updates'
option under HELP.
Another idea might be to use the PRINT AS IMAGE option under the print
menu, this will spool an image file to the printing device which might
also help ...
Jon

Font substitution issues when creating PDF from PS file in Distiller

I am not sure if this post should go under Distiller Server, but it dont know if there is a difference between Distiller X and Distiller Server.
Context: I am trying to convert postscript files on my PC that originate from a unique Mac built program and unfortunately receive the following error message:
%%[ Warning: Helvetica not found, using Font Substitution. Font cannot be embedded. ]%%
%%[ Warning: Helvetica-Bold not found, using Font Substitution. Font cannot be embedded. ]%%
%%[ Warning: Helvetica-BoldOblique not found, using Font Substitution. Font cannot be embedded. ]%%
When I try and convert the postscript font to a pdf in Acrobat Distiller X the font substitutes to Arial. I have a few versions of Helvetica on my PC but Distiller doesn’t recognise them.
My question is: how can I tell Distiller, as a default, to substitute to the Helvetica loaded on my PC rather than Arial so that I eliminate the error message and get an accurate pdf.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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Fonts Not Embedding Consistently with PDF Export - Inconsistent Fix and Unknown Cause

I have had ongoing problems with PDF export from FrameMaker. Sometimes the correct fonts do not embed in the PDF and Times New Roman is substituted. The problem appears and disappears and is causing me a lot of lost time and frustration.
I am running FrameMaker 9.0 fully patched on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I have seen people complain about this issue and am familiar with the suggested fixes. However, the exact cause and solution eludes me because the problem continues to recur and I am only able to recover with guesswork and workarounds.
Initially I did the following:
ACROBAT PDF SETTINGS
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ACROBAT DISTILLER SETTING
Under "Font" Settings I changed the following:
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I tweaked these settings for hours and got no results. Then I rebooted and the problem had magically disappeared. I fixed the issue in the same way on another machine and the results were permanent and I was just happy to finally have it fixed, But this time it didn't last.
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After reboot I generated PDFs with the correct fonts embedded. Then I shut down FM, but left the system running. The next morning I opened FM again and the same problem occurred.
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I verified that the Adobe PDF settings under "Printers & Devices" that I turned off (Rely on system fonts only; do not use documents fonts) remained correctly unchecked through all these changes.
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The common theme I'm seeing here is that the setting edits you make in
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Do you know if that is true or could you elaborate on the notorious nature
of this method for me?
>
There are too many potential and transient problems to list. The only thing
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(http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers) since FM version 6.0,
circa 2001, and probably 95% of the PDF problems reported there have been
fixed simply by using print to Adobe PDF (or to Acrobat Distiller in older
PDF versions), instead of using Save as PDF. Common advice there has always
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