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I believe Distiller looks for matching font names. What kind of trap this may set for different versions of fonts with the same name is anyone's guess. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Tytgat Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PDF] embedding v/s not embedding font The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com __________________________________________________________________ Dov Isaacs wrote: > Quite frankly, it buys you absolutely nothing to fully embed a font in > terms of "editability" of a PDF file. > > When you use Acrobat's Text Touch-Up Tool or the text edit features > within Enfocus PitStop, it is irrelevant as to whether the font is > subset or not. Both of these tools require that the font be installed > on your system anyway and gets any "missing" > glyphs from that copy. > Do these tools make sure that the subsetted font is coming from the same font variant installed on the system ? I.e. are they ensuring that e.g. the subsetted Times-Roman in the PDF file is the same Times-Roman on your system you are using to create extra text ? Otherwise you end up adding text using potential another font variant. Regards, John. -- John Tytgat f u cn rd ths, [EMAIL PROTECTED] u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng ! To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
