Font substitution.

[Terry_Antoniak@adobeforums.com]

I'm on an iMac running 10.4.11 and have updated to Acrobat Reader Version 9.

I'm receiving PDFs from a colleague whose originating document is using Courier font.

When the PDF is opened on my system the document's Courier font has been substituted with font: Adobe Sans MM as detailed in the Properties file of the document. Adobe Sans MM does not appear to exist withing my system.

The originating system is a PC running Vista. The PDFs are created using: doPDF.

The font substitution does not appear within the originating system.

Any theories?

Terry

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

> Adobe Sans MM does not appear to exist withing my system.

Adobe Reader includes this font.

>
>The font substitution does not appear within the originating system.

System font substitutions aren't involved. Adobe Reader makes its own
font substitutions. Adobe Sans MM and Adobe Serif MM are special
"mulitple master" fonts used to sythesise a font of the right spacing
(but not necessarily the right look) when the font is neither embedded
nor available.

Aandi Inston

[Terry_Antoniak@adobeforums.com]

Aandi,

Thank you.

I gather this means that the originating system is the cause, as it is not embedding the font in the process? I appear to have no issues with the correct Font in my system and so can come to no other conclusion.

Terry

[Russell_Goodman@adobeforums.com]

Terry:

You can check if a PDF's fonts are embedded by going to the File Menu > Properties > Fonts

[Terry_Antoniak@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Russell.

I've determined that the issue is related to my colleague's failure to embed fonts and that his use of a non-Adobe PDF writer is the cause.

Sorted!

Cheers!
Terry