The following was stated as a "new Feature of OOo 3.3:
{quote}
In previous versions, the standard PDF standard fonts (Times, Helvetica,
Courier, Symbol and ZapfDingbats) were only embedded into the resulting
PDF when the resulting file was of the PDF/A type, since the PDF/A
standards requires this. In version 3.3, you can optionally embed these
fonts in all PDF documents created by OpenOffice.org to enhance display
accuracy in PDF viewers.
{unquote}I was wondering about the font embedding. I thought that all my used fonts were embedded in the PDF document. I have been sending out documents that have handwritten fonts and other specialty fonts "embedded" within my documents. Some I use CUPS/PDF printing while others [landscape formatted most of the time] I used the PDF options within OOo. Is the quoted info stating that these fonts are not being embedded when using OOo/PDF exporting? I remember viewing some of my documents on a laptop that was not the one that created the document and I thought the handwritten fonts looked proper. Though I do not remember if it was created through CUPS/PDF or exported by OOo/PDF. Now, if it is true that the documents will not embed the specialty fonts properly, I do have a suggestion. For Windows, I used doPDF as a PDF file "printer". I know it embeds the specialty fonts automatically. For Linux, I use Ubuntu, I have installed CUPS/PDF printer options. I know that it embeds the fonts since it makes the PDF pages exactly like what the printer would "spit the pages out" of it, all pages portrait orientation with landscape documents viewed as a portrait page with the text printed sideways from bottom to top. So if OOo does not embeds the fonts I use, the only time I can use it is when I have a landscape formatted page to be viewed in landscape through a PDF reader. CUPS/PDF shows all pages in a portrait so the landscape pages look sideways in a PDF viewer. OOo makes the PDF file so the landscape is viewed in the correct orientation allowing the landscape pages to be read without needing to tilt your head sideways. I wonder how difficult it would be to make the OOo/PDF exporting embed all the fonts used within the document, not just the "standard" 5 fonts listed in the quoted information from the OOo web site? More than 50% of all my Writer documents are printed to a PDF file for safe keeping and more than half of those documents are emailed to others.
