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> Anyway, after doing that I tried viewing it with Acrobat Reader 6.
> Unfortunately, it appears that although Adobe says that 
> Acrobat Reader 6 has
> built in support for these new standard fonts it does not 
> really. The user
> will most likely need to download the fonts the first time 
> they need them.
> 
> For the English version of Acrobat 6 Reader the font was not 
> included (they
> are for the full Acrobat Standard 6). When you try and view 
> them a message
> comes up telling you that you need to install new font. You 
> can click ok and
> it goes ahead. However, since they are big files, with a slow 
> connection it
> would be a pain.

I think this is what is considered "built in support".  Internet
Explorer has done this for some time.   

I think it is far better to do this than embed the font. After
all, if you embed it, the user downloads it EVERY time, not
just once...

Aandi

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