Fix non-embedded fonts for USPTO filing
Hi,
The United States Patent and Trademark Office does not allow submission of PDF files with non-embedded fonts.
I know how to create documents from Word, etc. that comply with this requirement, but I frequently get PDFs from other sources that do not have all their fonts embedded, especially the asian fonts.
I know that one possible fix is to print the existing PDF as a PDF image. However, when I do this my file size becomes MUCH larger than the original. Re-printing to PDF seems like a very kludgy fix. Another very iffy fix I've used for large PDFs is to print the PDF document on paper and just scan it with our office scanner, which will keep the file size small but is a waste of time and paper.
Is there no better way to deal with the issue of non-embedded fonts?
Need Acrobat 9 Pro or Pro Extended -
Advanced > Preflight
In the Preflight dialog, open the "Options" drop-down menu and select "Create New Preflight Profile".
Give the new profile a name & save it.
In the dialog, at the left you'll see your new profile.
Locate and click on "Fixups" (2nd from bottom).
Over to the right, over the listing of fixups that appears, there is a find/search field.
Enter "embed" (the first three letters will do).
Two fixups are available.
--| Embed Fonts
--| Embed Fonts (even if text is invisible)
Select one. Under the fixup list there is an arrow pointed to the left. Click it. The center pane will display the selected fixup.
Click Save then OK.
The profile is available for use.
A Batch Sequence could be made that uses this Preflight profile to permit processing many PDFs at "one go".
[If you do not want to DIY, then use the "out of the box" profile located in the PDF fixups Group.
Both "Embed" profiles are there.]
Be well...
Message was edited by: CtDave
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The .joboptions file that your posting points to very specifically requests that all fonts be embedded, subsetted!!!
Thus, if you are using these joboptions to produce PDF, you are getting exactly what the joboptions call for.
If someplace on the US Patent and Trademark Office website is telling you to not embed fonts and then provides these joboptions, then they are giving you conflicting information!
However, searching that website, I found instructions for PDF file creation such as at <EFS-Web PDF Guidelines> and the attached PDF file from the website.
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Revision: 13366
Revision: 13366
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2010-01-07 22:15:50 -0800 (Thu, 07 Jan 2010)
Log Message:
Ensuring that AFEFontManager, if it is available, overrides the lookup for embedded fonts for all supported font types, including TTF, when embedding legacy DefineFont3 fonts. BatikFontManager will remain a backup in the event that AFEFontManager is not found though BatikFontManager;s support is limited to TTF for legacy DefineFont3 fonts.
QE notes: Remember that bitmap comparisons could change slightly
Doc notes: N/A
Bugs: N/A
Reviewer: For Gaurav
Tests run: checkintests, QE had run local tests
Is noteworthy for integration: Yes
Modified Paths:
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So I decided to try now the 'nouveau.noaccel=1' kernel command line parameter, and to use again wbar for my frequently used applis.
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without 'nouveau.noaccel=1'
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[ 30.777] (II) DownloadFromScreen
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Advanced > Preflight
In the Preflight dialog, open the "Options" drop-down menu and select "Create New Preflight Profile".
Give the new profile a name & save it.
In the dialog, at the left you'll see your new profile.
Locate and click on "Fixups" (2nd from bottom).
Over to the right, over the listing of fixups that appears, there is a find/search field.
Enter "embed" (the first three letters will do).
Two fixups are available.
--| Embed Fonts
--| Embed Fonts (even if text is invisible)
Select one. Under the fixup list there is an arrow pointed to the left. Click it. The center pane will display the selected fixup.
Click Save then OK.
The profile is available for use.
A Batch Sequence could be made that uses this Preflight profile to permit processing many PDFs at "one go".
[If you do not want to DIY, then use the "out of the box" profile located in the PDF fixups Group.
Both "Embed" profiles are there.]
Be well...
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Embedding fonts for headers/footers added in Acrobat?
Is there any way to embed fonts when adding headers/footers using Acrobat's "Add Header and Footer" command, other than running the files through a PitStop profile to correct the problem?
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Recently, for the first time, we added footers to PDFs using Acrobat's "Add Header & Footer" command. We used our corporate identity font and placed information outside the trim, in the crop marks area. (We usually put this information in the slug in InDesign, but the printer's required settings did not allow slugs to be turned on.)
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Available under the 'Document' section of the fixups ...
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The reason that Acrobat fails is that for an unembedded CIDFont, if the CIDSystemInfo is not one of the predefined CID collection (Adobe-Japan1, Adobe-CNS1, Adobe-GB1, Adobe-Japan1), we cannot reliably provide font substitution. We have to consider the situation where the PDF is open on a system without the (same) referenced font. For the PDF to be useful, the
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There are many versions of "Arial,Bold" with different number of glyphs and different glyph IDs assignment. The embedded CMap has the following mapping:
<0020> <007e> 3
In order to point to the same GIDs, all "Arial,Bold" must have glyph index 3 for U+0020, GID 36 for U+0041, and so on. There is no such guarantee in TrueType spec.
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Is there anyway to avoid this so our clients don't get confused?
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TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at _HOYSiPad_mx_managers_SystemManager/callInContext()[_HOYSiPad_mx_managers_SystemManager.a s:37]
at mx.core::EmbeddedFontRegistry/getAssociatedModuleFactory()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projec ts\framework\src\mx\core\EmbeddedFontRegistry.as:469]
at mx.core::UIComponent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::getFontContext()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:12682]
at mx.core::UIComponent/createInFontContext()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src \mx\core\UIComponent.as:12740]
at spark.skins.mobile.supportClasses::ButtonSkinBase/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.5.1\framework s\projects\mobiletheme\src\spark\skins\mobile\supportClasses\ButtonSkinBase.as:223]
at spark.skins.mobile::ButtonSkin/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\mobileth eme\src\spark\skins\mobile\ButtonSkin.as:239]
at net.hoys.display.skins.buttons::SecondaryButtonSkin_mobile/createChildren()[T:\Homework\S erver\HOYS Frontend Repository\HOYS-iPad\src\net\hoys\display\skins\buttons\SecondaryButtonSkin_mobile.as:100 ]
at mx.core::UIComponent/initialize()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\ UIComponent.as:7624]
at mx.core::UIComponent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::childAdded()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7485]
at mx.core::UIComponent/addChild()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UI Component.as:7166]
at spark.components.supportClasses::SkinnableComponent/attachSkin()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\ projects\spark\src\spark\components\supportClasses\SkinnableComponent.as:692]
at spark.components.supportClasses::SkinnableComponent/validateSkinChange()[E:\dev\4.5.1\fra meworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\supportClasses\SkinnableComponent.as:443]
at spark.components.supportClasses::SkinnableComponent/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.5.1\framewo rks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\supportClasses\SkinnableComponent.as:406]
at mx.core::UIComponent/initialize()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\ UIComponent.as:7624]
at mx.core::UIComponent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::childAdded()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7485]
at mx.core::UIComponent/addChildAt()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\ UIComponent.as:7189]
at spark.components::Group/addDisplayObjectToDisplayList()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\ spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:2037]
at spark.components::Group/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::elementAdded()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:1628]
at spark.components::Group/setMXMLContent()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark \components\Group.as:633]
at spark.components::Group/set mxmlContent()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:573]
at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/set mxmlContent()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\SkinnableContai ner.as:657]
at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/set mxmlContent()
at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/createDeferredContent()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\proj ects\spark\src\spark\components\SkinnableContainer.as:1050]
at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/createContentIfNeeded()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\proj ects\spark\src\spark\components\SkinnableContainer.as:1078]
at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\sp ark\src\spark\components\SkinnableContainer.as:885]
at spark.components::Application/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\spark\src \spark\components\Application.as:1480]
at mx.core::UIComponent/initialize()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\ UIComponent.as:7624]
at spark.components::Application/initialize()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spa rk\components\Application.as:1334]
at HOYSiPad/initialize()
at mx.managers.systemClasses::ChildManager/childAdded()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\fra mework\src\mx\managers\systemClasses\ChildManager.as:189]
at mx.managers.systemClasses::ChildManager/initializeTopLevelWindow()[E:\dev\4.5.1\framework s\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\systemClasses\ChildManager.as:359]
at mx.managers::SystemManager/initializeTopLevelWindow()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\fr amework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:3063]
at mx.managers::SystemManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::kickOff()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:2849]
at mx.managers::SystemManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::preloader_completeHandler()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:2729]
at mx.managers::SystemManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::preloader_completeHandler()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at mx.preloaders::Preloader/timerHandler()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx \preloaders\Preloader.as:542]
at mx.preloaders::Preloader/timerHandler()
at flash.utils::Timer/tick()
at flash.utils::Timer/tick()
We then reverted the button skins back to one that we use for a web app the debugging runs fine - the web skin uses a embedded font where CFF is set to true.
Is this possibly a bug with the SDK, debugging or something we aren't quite setting correctly?
Any infomation or direction would be greatly appreciated.
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My app compiled with -ipa-test-interpreter installs fine but with -ipa-debug-interpreter it doesn't install at all.
The IPA is generated successfully but iTunes refuses to install it.
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So I downloaded and quickly integrated Squiggly and it works very well. The only issue is that the underlines become skewed. The more lines there are in the TextArea, the more skewed they get. After ~30 lines it's actually an overline. Our fonts (pfm) are embedded through a precompiled Flash swf. I found this other thread which is marked as solved:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2561081#2561081
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Embedded fonts not working in Air for ios
hi
am building an ActionScript mobile project 4.6 for ios and want to use embedded fonts for my app.
we are using the swf method for embedding the fonts , after loading the xml and even got the embedded resourses from swf , the output is not showing the exact font used , instread it is displaying one of default ios fonts in place of it...
here is the code of my embedded fonts and we are using TLF for text output:
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package
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import flashx.textLayout.compose.ISWFContext;
public class Slide1 extends Sprite implements ISWFContext
[Embed(source="C:/WINDOWS/FONTS/ariblk.TTF", fontName="Arial Black", embedAsCFF = "true", unicodeRange="U+0041,U+0072,U+0069,U+0061,U+006C,U+0020,U+0062,U+006F,U+0064", mimeType="application/x-font")]
public function callInContext(fn:Function, thisArg:Object, argsArray:Array, returns:Boolean=true):*
if (returns)
return fn.apply(thisArg, argsArray);
fn.apply(thisArg, argsArray);
please help asap!
thankshi
am building an ActionScript mobile project 4.6 for ios and want to use embedded fonts for my app.
we are using the swf method for embedding the fonts , after loading the xml and even got the embedded resourses from swf , the output is not showing the exact font used , instread it is displaying one of default ios fonts in place of it...
here is the code of my embedded fonts and we are using TLF for text output:
....inside my loaded swf: -
package
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flashx.textLayout.compose.ISWFContext;
public class Slide1 extends Sprite implements ISWFContext
[Embed(source="C:/WINDOWS/FONTS/ariblk.TTF", fontName="Arial Black", embedAsCFF = "true", unicodeRange="U+0041,U+0072,U+0069,U+0061,U+006C,U+0020,U+0062,U+006F,U+0064", mimeType="application/x-font")]
public function callInContext(fn:Function, thisArg:Object, argsArray:Array, returns:Boolean=true):*
if (returns)
return fn.apply(thisArg, argsArray);
fn.apply(thisArg, argsArray);
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Hi,
I had a piece of information but I can't seem to find it anymore so I have to ask ...
This is about understanding limitations of fully embedding fonts in a PDF (from Indesign Server). Actually it's about one limitation in particular. I know fonts with licensing issues or fonts that are marked "embedded not allowed" will not be embedded. Also, there is a threshold that I need to set.
So, I recall reading somewhere that Indesign will not fully embed "standard" fonts. Is that correct and what is this standard fonts category?
Oh, reading through some posts, I noticed lots of people and experts ask why does one need fully embedded fonts. That's a good question and I don't know the root reason but in my case it seems that some regulatory agencies (in the life sciences/pharma domain) require PDFs with fully embedded fonts.
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(1) For both InDesign “PDF export” (including InDesign Server) and Illustrator “save as PDF” functions, most but not all of the .joboptions file font embedding options are totally and utterly ignored. The options that are ignored are the Embed all fonts, Embed OpenType fonts, Always embed, and Never embed. Those options are observed by Distiller and the PDFMaker components of Acrobat.
(2) These applications will attempt to embed all fonts referenced by the document, regardless of the settings of the .joboptions file. The only reason why a font would not be embedded in a PDF file would be if (a) the font was unavailable (i.e., not installed on the system) or (b) the font's embedding permissions do not permit embedding for at least preview and print privileges. Thus, if you use the so-called Standard .joboptions (strongly not recommended for any graphic arts purposes), even the base 14 fonts (four faces each of Helvetica, Times, and Courier along with Symbol and ITC Zapf Dingbats will be embedded if your document references them.
(3) The subset threshold value of 0 (zero) may effectively cause all the glyphs of a font to be embedded in some, but not all cases. This will work for many if not most Type 1 fonts and some smaller TrueType and OpenType CFF fonts. Note that embedding all glyphs in a font is not the same as embedding a full font. For OpenType and TrueType fonts, InDesign and Illustrator never embed all the tables of the font. Such unembedded tables include those used for pair kerning, advanced OpenType features (such as ligatures, alternate representations, contextual alternates, small caps, old style figures, etc.), and extended metrics.
(4) There are plenty of bubbameissas out there with regards to the benefits or liabilities of either fully embedding or subset embedding fonts. What is true is that: (a) Acrobat never uses the embedded font for text editing - you must have the font installed on the system in order to do such edits. (b) Subset embedding or not is totally irrelevant to what a RIP does when rendering text, either for PostScript or direct PDF RIPs. Neither subset or full embedding is any more reliable than the other and the specifications of PostScript and PDF do not permit the RIP to replace the embedded font with a font with a similar name - urban legend notwithstanding!!!! (c) Third party plug-ins to Acrobat or applications that claim to allow you to edit PDF files with embedded fonts may be illegally letting you do so if the embedding permissions do not permit embedding for editable embedding or installable embedding - most fonts do not provide such embedding permissions and since the fonts are missing metric information, such editing may be somewhat lacking in quality or features.
(5) In fact some very non-tech-savvy organizations have posted requirements for full embedding of fonts in submitted PDF files (I have personally seen one such requirement by some international bureaucracy). They can post such bone-headed requirements based on limited understanding of PDF and PDF workflows, but that doesn't mean that anybody actually provides such PDF files. If in fact you run into such requirements, I would appreciate it if references to same can be forwarded to my attention by private message on these forums.
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I am attempting to use a non-standard font in an HTML dynamic textbox using the <font> tag. I have embedded this font using the textbox properties box and the fonts appear in the library. According to previous posts to this form, that should do it. But, my fonts are not appearing correctly. Any advice?
OK,
I have given up messing with stylesheets, trying display:
block, inline, different ways of formatting the XML, messing with
XML.ignoreWhiteSpace, and XML.prettyPrinting etc.
I went down the route of encodeURI, using a RegExp to strip
out all tabs, linefeeds and carriage returns. This now gives
consistent results for all situations, even embedded and none
embedded fonts.
e.g.
_text:String = TEXT FROM XML, HTML TEXT etc
var st:String = encodeURI(_text);
var pattern:RegExp = /(%09)+|(%0A)+|(%0D)+/g;
st = st.replace(pattern, "");
st = decodeURI(st);
YOUTEXTFIELD.htmlText = st;
The <p> tags still behave as a <br/> tag, but you
can add an extra <br/> to simulate a paragraph.
Here is the example again with the updates,
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In design to pdf/x-1a:2001 embedded fonts
Hello Everyone,
I was asked by a printed to export my cs2 indesign file as a pdf/x-1a:2001 file with embedded fonts. The document just came back stating that the font on page 27 is not embedded. The same font is used through out the document. When I double check the font settings in the preflight dialogue box everything looks good. Is there a way to make sure or manually embed fonts?
Thanks!
HAdobe Sans MM and Adobe Serif MM are substitution fonts used by Adobe applications to display sans serif and serif text respectively when a font is missing. It is most commonly used by Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Adobe content creation applications (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop) do not allow you to create content using those fonts. The names not made available on any list for you to choose from. The only time you typically see those font names is if you created a PDF file and one or more of the fonts could not be embedded or were not requested to be embedded and when that PDF file is displayed, the non-embedded fonts are not on the system of the viewer. Thus, the CTRL-D Fonts function in Acrobat or Reader might show that let's say font Inebriated Oblique is not embedded and that font used for its display is Adobe Sans.
I assume what you are seeing is not the font used for display, but rather, the "missing font" ... correct?
There are some very unusual situations in which somehow text content in a PDF file looks like it was formatted in either Adobe Sans or Adobe Serif. This may be the result of what is called refrying a PDF file. Refrying is the process in which a PDF file is printed to the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance and the result is another PDF file after the PostScript is distilled. Such refry operations are strongly discouraged by Adobe given that the PostScript generated by Adobe Acrobat is optimized for PostScript printers, not for creation of PDF, and some anomalies, such as calls for Adobe Sans or Adobe Serif may result.
My best guess is that your original InDesign document has one or more placed PDF files in it that are either missing embedded fonts and are calling for Adobe Sans. Check out each placed PDF file individually and make sure that none are missing embedded fonts and/or refer to Adobe Sans (or Adobe Serif).
- Dov
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