Hi guys! does converting to PDF convert all fonts into objects so that other computers can view it?

Question

I encounter a lot of problems at work when clients bring docs (PDF) for printing and their font look different on our systems.

Answer 1

If you can't highlight the words in pdf file, it may not embedded. But it just result in that you can't copy text from it. one of the great features of pdf file is that it can display and print the same as the origial while transmitting.



So it must be the conversion problem, you can use this pdf creator as the virtual printer, the font embedded is default,http://www.convertpdf.org/make-pdf-file.html

Answer 2

PageMaker print to PDF, Adobe Illustrator EPS and QuarkXpress export to PDF. Those did preserve fonts with Illustrator misplacing the last word of the story in the middle of the page .. you had to hunt for it, looked like bunny-poop coming off the printing press with the boss glaring at you.



Your PDF settings had to set to include all fonts, Illustrator had to find all RBG and convert to spot or CYMK. Photos usually had to be redone as 300dpi .tif. The color black from a customer could be several swatches on the Illustrator color pallete.



THE program that can not translate is Microsoft Publisher. That software is rasterizing with vertical lines -- the fonts, the halftones, the artwork is all vertical lines. ImageSetter won't accept it.



Illustrator shows the problems.

Answer 3

In some PDF converters there's an option to "embed all fonts", and/or "do not substitute" fonts. For example, in Adobe Acrobat "quality" profiles are set not to substitute fonts.