The printer called...some fonts are not embedded. Help!

Question

She said if I go into the .pdf and select File > Document Properties, and then select Fonts, I can change this.
Well, I see each of the fonts there, and I see which ones do not have the Embedded label, but how do I go about fixing them to embed them?
Will this require me to do something in Frame first and then create a new .pdf, or can I do it in Acrobat? Do I need to go into the maker.ini file and modify something?
I knew I didn't want to relax too much...something always comes up and the last minute. It's Murphy's Law!
Thanks in advance!
Laini

Answer 1

Laini,
A "font" is a specific instance of a typeface, e.g. Arial-Bold. The
font family (or typeface) for this would be Arial.
From your description, most things sound correct.
On the Distiller Font Locations dialogue, is there a check box for
"Ignore TrueType versions of standard postscript fonts" ? If so, this
should be checked (I can't remember if this is a new Acrobat v.7
feature). Also change the "When embedding fails:" option to "Cancel
Job". This will let you know right away if something odd is going on
with your fonts.
Are you actually using the TimesNewRomanPS -MT and Arial -MT families
or TrueType versions of these fonts? If you're using TT fonts, then
you need to check your AdobePDF printer instance to make sure that the
font is being sent instead of substituted.
Open the Printers & Faxes control panel and right-click on the
AdobePDF printer and select the Properties option.
On the General Tab, click Printing Preferences and select the Layout
Tab. Click on the Advanced button.
On this dialogue:
- change "Graphic > Print Quality" to 600dpi
- change "Graphic > TrueType Font:" to "Download as Softfont"
- change "Document Options > Postscript Options > TrueType Font
Download Option:" to "Native TrueType"
Click OK and then OK on the Preferences dialogue.
Now go to the Properties Advanced Tab and click on the "Printing
Defaults..." button. You'll get the same looking dialogues as the
previous Printing Preferences one.
Verify that all of the above settings are set the same.
Click OK and then OK on the Defaults dialogue.
Now go to the Device Settings tab of the Properties.
Set the following parameters:
- Output Protocol: Binary
- Convert Gray text to Postscript Gray: Yes
- Convert Gray Graphics to Postscript Gray: Yes
- Add Euro Currency.... : No (unless you need to use euros in your
text)
Now click on the "+" beside the "Font Substitution Table" to expand
the list of TT fonts available.
For *all* of these set them to "Don't Substitute"
Click OK to finish up.
Now you can try another copy of your output to PDF. When you have the
PDF created, check the File > Document Properties > Fonts to make sure
that all are embedded before sending to your printer.
I hope this helps,
Arnis