Adobe Reader not WYSIWYG

[Christoph Bier]

Dan Martin schrieb am 31.10.2005 16:39:

> On Mon, October 31, 2005 7:53 am, Christoph Bier said:
> 
>> LinuxMurah.com schrieb am 31.10.2005 14:33:
>> 
>>>> Sounds like not all fonts are embedded---but they should
>>>> be. Even if you don't like xpdf (I prefer it) you can use
>>>> pdffonts that ships with xpdf to see which fonts are used
>>>> and embedded (or not).
>>> 
>>> how can I make all font to be embedded into adobe reader?
>> 
>> It's not a matter of the viewer program but of the PDF. The
>> fonts must be embedded in the PDF. The program that produces
>> the PDF has to be configured accordingly. Nowadays all PDF
>> producing programs should be configured that way.
> 
> I hate to say it, but I think you guys have misdiagnosed the
> problem.  I could be wrong.  But if the fonts were not embedded,
> he would also not see them on the screen.  Lack of embedded fonts
> should affect both display and printing, not printing alone.

You may be right. But lately I saw a document with different fonts
appearing on screen and paper. The problem was that the fonts were
not embedded and the viewer showed a different font than the font
substituted by the printer (driver).

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Regards,
    Christoph
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