font embed and PDF optimizer question

[stephanie_p@adobeforums.com]

using Quark 7, Acrobat 8 professional, non-intel mac OS10.4.11. According to the quark dialog, the fonts are imbedded. When I look in PDF optimizer, the fonts don't show up. Does this mean they were never imbedded? Also, when I save a file as PDF optimized I get a zero kb figure in the finder panel. Is this correct?
Thanks

[Michael Kazlow]

Stephanie,

If Acrobat says they are not embedded, then they are not embedded. A
file with 0KB then it is empty. The finder window probably hasn't been
updated.

Mike

[stephanie_p@adobeforums.com]

Thanks. The finder window did update. Embedded is checked in optimizer, but no fonts are in the window. This means nothing is embedded. Correct?
Thanks

[pjonesCET@adobeforums.com]

Although you may have embedding turned on, Doesn't necessarily mean That fonts are embedded. Only fonts that allowed to be embedded, are those from Adobe, plus other font houses that have agreements with Adobe to allo it. If your trying to embed MicroSoft Fonts. Forget it it They share nothing with anyone. And The chace of it happening are about like the old say saying The chances of it happening are *Slim* and *None* *and Slim just left town*.

Also if you receive a PDF form someone else. They may have run through Optimizer to reduce the size and removed all instances of Embedded font.

If you use common fonts between windows and Apple say for example Ariel There should only be subtle differences in the look of the PDF if you have use system fonts turned on.

[Abhigyan_Modi@adobeforums.com]

The best way to figure out the embedding of a font is to look in the "Document Properties" dialog. There is a fonts panel in there which has state of each font. Optimizer would list only those fonts that it can safely embed/unembed.

[stephanie_p@adobeforums.com]

thank you all!

[Luke_Jennings@adobeforums.com]

Here is the best way to get a good PDF from Quark 7 (If you are not already aware)-
Go preferences (Quark 7)> PDF> create postscript for later distilling> OK.
File> export> layout as PDF. This will make a .ps file that should distill nicely.

[MandyH]

@Luke Jennings

Thanks for suggesting making the .ps first. That worked for me!