You have a good point. As far as I know, Adobe now permits embedding of all their fonts in PDFs and recent versions of Acrobat Distiller do check to determine if a font is "actively" coded to indicate such permission is granted. This prompted Corel to reissue a collection of old Word Perfect fonts, as the absence of permissions made it impossible to create a coherent PDF from WP.
But, just because a font can be embedded doesn't mean it will be. You don't have to embed fonts at all. Acrobat will substitute a font for the original, based on what it knows of the 'family' it belonged to, etc. Distiller's default will embed only a subset of a font to keep file size down. Unfortunately, this will make editing the PDF at a later date impossible. And, the basic fonts included with with Acrobat can only be embedded with a great deal of trouble. And, yes, if you know how, you can extract a font from any PostScript, PDF or EPS file in which it's been embedded. On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 11:14 PM, Andrew Keller wrote: > I wonder how a 'law' or license would govern the fonts included > within a pdf file. I'm not sure of the anatomy of an Acrobat file but > it must contain a copy of all fonts used. Not just the defaults. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
