Help! Cannot extract Font

Hi All,
I am using Aperture to produce a book - hopefully. When I preview the book as a Pdf and open in Reader I get the error message:
Cannot extract the embedded font 'CNGKIY+AGaramondPro-Regular'. Some characters may not display or print correctly.
The display shows dots instead of text.Strangely the pdf file opens and looks fine in the Apple Preview program. The font
I have used is Garamond Professional which I have installed on my computer. ( I have uninstalled and reinstalled it). I ma using
the latest version of Reader and all software updates.
I am reluctant to purchase the book if I cannot get Reader to display it properly and hence i am stuck with the project at the moment.
Any advice appreciated.
keef476

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I think I have narrowed this down. It seems to happen whenever I apply any effects to the fonts
i.e old style figures or shading - these are all in the font menu within Aperture. If I remove these and
use the basic font it reads OK.
As all the pdfs I have produced read perfectly in Apple's Preview I am left wondering if I should just delete
Reader and use Preview. Problem with this is if there actually is something wrong with the pdf and I want to send
it to be printed.
By the way the pdfs are also produced within Aperture as part of the buy book process. When I looked
at the file info it said they were produced by Mac osx quartz. i am not sure if its possible to make your own
pdf and send to Apple to be printed as a book.
keef476

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