Editable areas within a pdf

I have a client who wants to product customizable art to sell via her website. She has a number of prints that we could pdf but want to leave certain aspects open for clients to modify the file and then print. We would create the print as one solid image and leave something like a text box to be edited. This would be sold to regular clients so the file needs to be editable with a free version of acrobat and specialized fonts would likely need to be incorportated into the pdf so in case the end user doesnt' have the font the print could still be made. Does anyone know if this would be possible with acrobat/pdf format? A form type text box would likely not work because the form elements would not fit in with the artistic print. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris

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De: Phillip Jones [email protected]
Enviado el: martes, 27 de noviembre de 2012 18:24
Para: Suárez Suárez, Manuela
Asunto: I cannot edit text in a PDF created from scanning
Re: I cannot edit text in a PDF created from scanning
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