Tip for embedding fonts while maintaining bookmarks

I've been sent a couple of very large PDFs in which the fonts aren't embedded properly. They're either missing, or the Adobe Serif MM has been used and embedded instead. This can cause the fonts to display and print poorly.
Using the Preflight "Embed all Fonts" didn't seem to work, so I decided to export as PostScript, then Distill again, which seemed to fix everything.
However, the documents were several hundred pages, and had extensive Bookmarks. These bookmarks were now lost in the re-Distilled version.
The solution? Replace all the pages in the original PDF with re-Distilled PDF. Bingo: Properly embedded fonts, with all the bookmarks.
There may be another method (export pdfMark in the .ps?) but I couldn't find it, and I thought if anyone was in the same boat, they might like to know this. Obviously, in an ideal world, I would get the creators to re-supply, but they showed no interest.

Instead of printing a PDF with the PDF printer you can just flatten it, which renders the form fields static.
This is a good (and free) tool for that: UVSAR : Selective Flattener tool for Adobe Acrobat 8, 9 and X

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[svn:fx-trunk] 13366: 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.

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:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/flex-config.xml

I got again a total system freeze today when I wanted to launch firefox using only the openbox menu, without wbar running.
So I decided to try now the 'nouveau.noaccel=1' kernel command line parameter, and to use again wbar for my frequently used applis.
In the Xorg log, the differences are:
without 'nouveau.noaccel=1'
[ 30.761] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[ 30.761] (II) Unloading nv
[ 30.761] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 30.762] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Opened GPU channel 0
[ 30.765] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 30.765] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: nouveau
[ 30.765] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nouveau
[ 30.776] (II) EXA(0): Driver allocated offscreen pixmaps
[ 30.777] (II) EXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
[ 30.777] (II) Solid
[ 30.777] (II) Copy
[ 30.777] (II) Composite (RENDER acceleration)
[ 30.777] (II) UploadToScreen
[ 30.777] (II) DownloadFromScreen
[ 30.777] (==) NOUVEAU(0): Backing store disabled
[ 30.777] (==) NOUVEAU(0): Silken mouse enabled
with 'nouveau.noaccel=1'
[ 1191.621] (II) UnloadModule: "nv"
[ 1191.621] (II) Unloading nv
[ 1191.621] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 1191.621] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Error creating GPU channel: -19
[ 1191.621] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Error initialising acceleration. Falling back to NoAccel
[ 1191.621] (==) NOUVEAU(0): Backing store disabled
[ 1191.621] (==) NOUVEAU(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 1191.621] (==) NOUVEAU(0): DPMS enabled
So now 3D acceleration is disabled.
I will see now if the system is stable enough for my daily usage and gives satisfactory performances.
I am almost sure that the mesa nouveau dri driver is the cause of the freezes.
Last edited by berbae (2013-03-27 10:07:42)

When Patch for embedded fonts and Lion OSX to be released?

Was reading through the thread about the problem with embedded fonts and Lion OSX and a patch being released the 3rd week of August. Does anyone know about the patch being released?

This patch was released as 11.5.9 a couple of weeks ago. See this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/895280?tstart=0
You should be able to get it through the Help / Check for Updates menu - but I would definitely be aware that it seems to have created a couple of new issues for some users (documented in other forum posts at forums.adobe.com).

What does "fon0" or "fon1" mean for embedded fonts?

I am working with a vendor who is producing reports for our company. We have instructed this vendor to use our fonts and design standards. The reports are delivered to us as PDFs, and ultimately are delivered to our customers, who of course do not have our fonts so we need them to be embedded in the PDFs.
I am trying to verify that they are indeed using the fonts we have specified, but am seeing confusing results in the sample PDFs they have provided. I can see that the fonts are similar, but not quite the same. For example, periods, when magnified are squarish rather than round.
When I look at Document Properties/Fonts, I do not see the font names that I would expect. I see two apparent embedded fonts - fon0 and fon1, both shown as TrueType (CID) and Encoding as Identity-H.
Does anyone have any idea what fon0 and fon1 represent, and why I am not seeing familiar font names?

Thanks, Dave.
In the past, if I recall correctly, if a font is not embedded and is not available on a given computer you would still see reference to it in Document Properties/Fonts. Are you saying that if the font is not installed on the machine producing the PDF, but that font has been specified, it will map to this generic name?
The strange thing is that the fonts look pretty similar. Does "fon0" and "fon1" contain some information that would try to perform a match to something installed on my computer?
I cannot find reference to Preflight in my Acrobat X. Is that because I have Standard and not Pro?

Underline support for embedded fonts

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
But that thread was originally dealing with a padding issue. Does anyone know if/when this issue is being addressed? Or is there something I can do mitigate the issue. When I switch to a non-embedded font the issue goes away.
Thanks,
Erik

While the padding issue got resolved, the bug with embedded fonts is still there. There is some problem when calculating the y coordination inside the TextField object.
As for workaround, this bug is only for mx.TextArea, if you can use the spark.TextArea this issue should go away.

Using AS Linkage name for embedded font not working in CS6

"Myriad Pro" with bold and italic styles embedded with the linkage names "Body", "BodyBold" and "BodyItalic".
Creating a TextField using Flash CS6's toolbar and setting its font to "Body*" works fine, but not when its htmlText value has <b> and <em>, etc, tags.
This also does not work:
style.setStyle(".something", {fontFamily:"BodyBold"});
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style.setStyle(".something", {fontFamily:"Myriad Pro Bold"});
Using the AS Linkage name worked in prior versions. I like using them because I can change global fonts for "stage" elements.

Justin_WX wrote:
So on the list it says Arial http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5484 which is a font from Apple, which is different from Microsoft, but are named the same...
Is there a list of Microsoft Fonts that will work with Pages?
Are you actually seeing a noticeable difference in the fonts after conversion? While there are some difference between those fonts, they are very subtle differences and in all likelihood will not really change the look of the document.

Euro € symbol for embeded fonts

Hi all,
I'm trying to use the Euro sign in an application, to render
some data in Labels formatted with a CurrencyFormatter for which I
specify '€' as currencySymbol.
The symbol is displayed when no style is used for the Label,
but when I assign an style with a fontFamily specified, that is a
Verdana I embed using a @font-face, the symbol doesn't show up.
If I do not specify the unicode range, all symbols should be
embedded with the font, don't?
Marc

Hi Greg, thanks for answering.
I'm using "font-face" to embed the font, specifying a system
font (I'm in Mac, with Leopard). Do you think it is correct?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Style>
@font-face {
src: local("Arial");
fontFamily: mainFont;
.mystyle1 {
fontFamily:mainFont;
fontSize: 20pt;
</mx:Style>
<mx:Script>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Label text="€ 400"/>
<mx:Label styleName="mystyle1" text="€ 500"/>
</mx:Application>

How do I set up different facetime accounts for my kids while maintaining us all on same apple ID for purchases?

Hi, multiple ipod touchs in my house so the kids want their own Facetime accounts. If I get them apple ID's then I can't manage them on one itunes account. What do you recommend?

Have a look here...
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l

Cannot extract the embedded font 'F2'. Some characters may not display or print correctly.

This question was previously published but no answer has been found.
Error message is :
"Cannot extract the embedded font 'F2'. Some characters may not display or print correctly."
Many pdf documents display this error with Adobe Reader 8.1.0. We have errors for embedded fonts 'F0','F3','F7' and so on.
It looks like a Adobe Reader bug because :
- All PDF files can be opened with Acrobat Reader 5.0.5, 6.x and 7.x, can't be opened with 8.1.0 version.
- the 8.1.1 update removes only the bug for 'F0' error message (issue #1572280).
The solution :
- to publish a 8.1.2 update to fix this important bug
- is there a registry parameter or tool option to disable the checking added in 8.x version of Adobe Reader ? The 8.x version catches more errors to be compliant with Adobe specification but Adobe reader must be
compliant with all documents generated by third party products.
This Adobe Reader bug applies to Windows Vista, XP Pro SP2, 2000.
Thx,
Regards

Just to let you know, for anyone else with this problem. I had this problem occur on a MAC when you tried to do save to PDF in excel. This was all happening at the point of generation of the PDF in my case.
The fix was to delete ALL the microsoft preferences, but perahps only the font cache needed to be deleted.
I deleted the following areas from the local users userprofile on the mac. On windows, I would probably log in as a differnet user to try to see if the problem just exsists for one particular user.
Here are the sections I deleted:
Library/caches/metadata/Microsoft*
Username/library/preferences/com.microsoft* ( and anyhting with microsoft in it)
I did leave the entourage settings though.
hope it helps someone with a similar issue.

How do I solve the embedded font issue that ibook proofer does not accept?

I have several books I created in ID 6 and am now trying to prepare them to sell on iBookstore - and as others have noted ID creates a file for embedded fonts - I cannot find a way within ID to defeat this option when exporting to EPUB 3.0.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

In EPUB Exports Options/Advanced/CSS Options you could uncheck Include Embeddable Fonts.

Embedding font in app

Hi,
I'm using LTC Bodoni (via TypeKit) on my website and now I'm working on my digital portfolio: basically HTMl5+CSS, packed with Baker Framework to be published on Apple Store.
I would use the font with @font-face.
I'm wondering if the licence of Bauer Bodoni allows this kind of use.
I want ot be sure before buying the font...
On Bauer Bodoni webpage (http://store2.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/index.cfm?store=OLS-IT&event=displayFontPackage &code=1294) Embedding licence is set to Editable for this font: so I could embed the font in a digital document and "the embedded font can then be used by the recipient of the electronic document to view, print and further edit or modify the text and structure of the document in which it is embedded."
Using a font inside an app is a little bit different: my final file is not a real document, it's an app. But the recipient (final user) will not be able to modify the document or use the font in no way, because it will be embedded inside the app.
Does someone have any idea?
Does licence cover use inside app or not?
Thanks!
maurizio

ilpiac,
You may try a search for embedding font in this forum and in other forums, such as these:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/design_development/printdesign?view=discussions
http://forums.adobe.com/community/design_development/design?view=discussions
http://forums.adobe.com/community/design_development/webdesign?view=discussions
You may also narrow the search to Dov Isaacs, or hope that he will see and post in this thread (soon).

Error while maintaining the Update Rules for the Infostructure

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I have added 2 new characteristics for the existing infostructure S9xx and executed the same. While maintaining the Update Rules for the same, system is giving the error message 1. "Field 'PARVW' unknown" and 2. Error generating program RMCX0011.
Please guide me in resolving the issue.
Thanks & Regards,
Kumar.

Hi,
This is with reference to my earlier question that an error is occuring while maintaining the update rules for the existing Infostructure.
Solution provider for this will be rewarded with good points.
Regards,
Kumar.

My computer is on a local network. When I access my computer as a local user, Firefox does not render any @font-face embedded font correctly for any website.

I have tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling, creating a clean profile, and other things. The CSS is correct because it works for every other supported browser...event this particlar installation when used with a network login. Other computers on our network (but not ALL) seem to have similar problems, but only when someone logs on to the machine locally (not via Windows Active Directory).
The browser attempts to render the embedded font, but it appears jagged, so it's not that the CSS isn't getting seen, the browser just doesn't render it smoothly. Are there any particular settings that I should look at? On every machine I've tested, both the gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled (true) and gfx.use_text_smoothing_setting (false) configuration settings have been the same.
I realize that there could be some differences regarding network local computer policy for network logins vs. local logins, but I have no idea how that might pertain to Firefox specifically.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems. <br>
See '''Creating a profile''':
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over the problem <br>
'''Profile Backup and Restore'''
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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?
Background:
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.)
The files were all kicked out by the printer's preflight because the font was not embedded. We've since discovered that our own preflight profile was set to ignore fonts outside of trim when checking for embedding, which is why it got past us.
We've discovered a number of workarounds. Luckily, we have PitStop, so we created a profile to fix the problem. Our question remains: if Acrobat allows the addition of text to a PDF via headers and footers, why does it not embed the fonts automatically when doing so, when embedding is so crucial to successful output? It's odd that Acrobat has a very useful command that nevertheless breaks the file for output. Were I paranoid, I'd wonder if it was a carefully orchestrated campaign to make the purchase of PitStop not only wise, but required.
Thanks for any thoughts.

It works providing you have that font name installed on your system.
Available under the 'Document' section of the fixups ...
Not major for pre-pressers since they use Pitstop but great for your
clients since now THEY can fix THEIR problems (even THEIR advertisers
problems which land on your desk at 5pm) ;-)
Jon

How to use embedded font (CFF) for Flash CS4?

Hi,
I am trying to embed "Arial Unicode MS" for use by TLF in my Flash CS4 project. As I googled around, I am using the "Flex SWC" approach, only not having any luck. Here is what I got:
//Code in Flex ActionScript project:
package
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        [Embed(source='C:/Windows/Fonts/ARIALUNI.TTF',
                fontFamily='ArialUnicodeMS',
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        public const Font1:Class;
When I am trying to instantiate this class, I have AS code in my Flash main timeline:
var font:Font = new FontEmbeds_Font1();
Flash compiler says: "1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type FontEmbeds_Font1 to an unrelated type flash.text:Font."
Ok. Now after I changed it to:
var font:FontEmbeds_Font1 = new FontEmbeds_Font1();
Flash gives 3 errors:
"VerifyError: Error #1014: Class mx.core::FontAsset could not be found.
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable TextLayout is not defined.
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable MainTimeline is not defined."
I am assuming I have to create a Font1 object in order to use the embedded font. Is this assumption correct? As I've tried to use the "fontFamily" directly but Flash didn't seem to find the font at all:
charFormat.fontFamily = "ArialUnicodeMS";
Thanks.

Hi Eric,
Thanks for the info.
I've tried to use the "fontFamily" directly but Flash didn't seem to find the font at all:
charFormat.fontFamily = "ArialUnicodeMS";
In one fla where I used pure TFL, nothing gets rendered at all in the container Sprite. Flash doesn't throw any errors either. In another fla where I used a ComboBox, etc. along with TFL, it throws an error says it can't compile since "there is no ActionScript found" and I got a screen where all the Flash components were flickering. After several attempts, Flash crashed.
Also as a side note, the swc gets generated by Flash Builder Beta 2, at first it was 18mb and the second time I complied it become 9mb and stayed 9mb afterwards. Not sure if that's a concern.
Geng

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