Embedded fonts aren't working properly

I'm trying to create a PDF from MS Word using Acrobat Pro 10.1.4. I have it set in the Acrobat print driver to not rely on system fonts. To my knowledge, that's all I need to do to embed any fonts in the document.
On the machine I create it, the PDF shows up fine - but on other machines, most of the fonts do not show up properly. One of them might show up, the rest of them are either substituted with a normal font, or it's gibberish characters.
Some machines, it comes up without an error - other machines, I get an error for *one* of the fonts saying that it can't find or create it.
What's going wrong, and how do I properly embed all fonts?

If the file looks fine on the machine you create the PDF on then you have these fonts on your system.
So why are you not using the system fonts when you make the PDF?
This is what I would try:
1. Tell the Printer Driver to Use the fonts on your system.
2. Edit the job options - Adobe PDF Settings, Default Settings - Edit
Fonts Tab -- Make sure Embed All Fonts is selected,
Remove any fonts from the "Never Embed"
Save this Job Option and use it.

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