Fonts within a fillable form

I have a form that I have made fillable, however somewhere on the form is a font that isn't embedded. When I click thru all the text they all say they are embedded, but the document properties has two that aren't embedded. Is there an easy way to find the font to embed it, or somehow embed it without losing all my fillable fields and accessibility?
Thank you.

Hi,
Could you please let us know how do you create this drop down menu?
If you add a drop-down list control from Developer > Controls, it may be difficult to realize the second requirement.
Or you can add a ComboBox in User Form. You can use VBA to make a subquestion appear, when a user select one of 2 of the 5 options.
If you want to get further information about VBA, you can post it in MSDN forum.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=isvvba
It will be appreciated, if you to share a screenshot of it here.
Regards,

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