Export to PDF wrong font

I have a web site that creates 2 reports using the Garamond font. One is size 12, the other is size 14.
When I export on my development machine, the PDF has the correct fonts in it (embedded subset), however, when I move onto my QA machine, one of the Exported PDFs has Arial, and the other has TNR. I checked, and the fonts are installed on the server.
Any suggestions?

Try with installing acrobat on server.
We need to do comparison of the dlls on both machines where it is working fine with where we are having issue download the modules utility from here:
[https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006252802008E/modules.zip]
Run your app. Leave the issue on the screen and start modules. Go to the File menu and select New List -> memory modules. Save this file as client.mdl. Repeat the above on your dev computer, save the file as dev. Then compare the two mdls. You can do this manually, or modules has a compare feature under the Module menu.
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Shweta

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