Full Font embedding in PDF

A couple of years ago, I set up some Distiller profiles to fully embed fonts into my PDFs. No subsetting allowed.
Since then, I've been using Indesign's PDF Presets, which used my created profiles, to create these same pdfs. Now that I have an issue that I need to investigate, I checked my PDFs in Acrobat and find that all my fonts are embedded subsets.
Now when I try to open Distiller 9 it locks up on me and I'm unsure why. Cannot find a key combination to release Distiller's settings that choke it.
But reading about on these boards, I'm getting the sense that perhaps I cannot fully embed anymore? I've made PDFX 1a, 3a, and 4 and find they are still subsets. These are mostly Type 1 and OTF, with a couple of TTF's mixed in.
What is best practice so that a PDF that is provided to printer, etc has the full font embedded, provided the permissions for the font is set?
thanx, sam

PDF font embedding/subsetting is the current operation - there were just too many issues with indexed fonts with the old PDF export engine (lack of Il8n support, must deploy font files with the PDF, lack of proper barcode support etc).
The engine will still index fonts if it tries to use font that's unavailable or not subsettable on the runtime system, and defaults to the Java default fonts.
That's not something I recommend - font substitution to the default Java fonts would play havoc with your report formatting.
PDF font subsetting is currently the way all current Crystal Reports engine works.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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