Font choices in form field?

[Jerseythursday@adobeforums.com]

When creating a text form field in Acrobat Pro (7) can I use any font (I have a million of them on my Mac) or does it have to be a font that would be one most people’s desktop?

[Michael Kazlow]

I believe it has to be one on people's computers. Form fields don't
cause fonts to be embedded.

Mike

[George_Johnson@adobeforums.com]

Actually, the entire font does get embedded if you select it for a form field, which means it will work just fine if the user does not have the font installed. Since this can increase the file size substantially, it is often not recommended.

George

[Michael Kazlow]

George,

Are you sure? It would seem to violate font license agreements. Its one
thing to show something in the font it was written in, its another for
people to create new content, which is what form field entries are.

Mike

[Jerseythursday@adobeforums.com]

Mike,
I believe you are correct. When I try to use a font that is not basic system font, I get this prompt in Acrobat:
“The selected font cannot be embedded in the PDF file because of licensing restrictions. If the PDF file is viewed on a system that does not have this font, Acrobat will simulate the appearance of the font…”

[Jon Bessant]

It was all so much easier in Acrobat 5 days - sigh ;-)

Jon

[George_Johnson@adobeforums.com]

Yes, I forgot to mention that. The font has to not have certain licensing restrictions to be embedded.

As a test, I created a blank page, added a single text field, specified a font named "Palatino Linotype", and the resulting file size is 330841 bytes, and the font is included in the file. This particular font has "editable embedding" allowed.

So, the correct answer is: maybe

George