ACROBAT 6 DISTILLER - TRUETYPE FONTS

Okay so here goes....
We use quark to save our quark files as .ps (postscript) files and drag those postscript files to the distiller to create pdf's. The problem is when i send these pdf's created from this mac to a pc and open it up and go under file--->document properties--->fonts, I am seeing TrueType Fonts, which i shouldn't be seeing. It is illegal to use TrueType fonts when your distributing pdf's online. I had a hard drive that is dying so i reloaded the os's (9&x) on a new drive. Everything seems to be setup correctly, but when i distill the .ps files from the old drive im not getting any TrueType fonts within the pdf??? It seems to be Helvetica & Times that are having a problem on the new drive, they always show up as TrueType and on both drives im using Helvita & Times in the same location. ~/system/library/fonts/ Anybody that can help me i would gladly appreciate it.

That sounds like Adobe trying to sell you more fonts. The striped red letter A is simply Adobe's icon for any printer outline portion of a Type 1 PostScript font. But there's plenty of other vendors of PostScript fonts that of course won't have that icon. Doesn't make them any less usable.
There's also no law or rule against using TrueType fonts if you want. Although it does depend on what you're doing with the resulting PDF. If your PDF is going to a professional printer, then you should use PostScript fonts. Most professional RIP's still don't handle TrueType fonts well. The edges of characters look like they were cut out quickly with a scissors on the final files used to create film or plates for press. But if your PDF documents are just being distributed for viewing and garden variety printing from a laser or inkjet printers, there's absolutely no reason you can't use a TrueType font.

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Thank you for replication,
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