Converting to pdf with embedded font restrictions

J

Jade

I'm working on a 32 page brochure. When I try to convert it to a pdf, it
fails. It creates a file that says there is a restriction on a lucinda
bright font. When I go to to the commertian printing tools font options,
that font is listed and says that it may not be embedded, but gives me no
option to change it. I cannot find the font anywhere in my publication to
change it. (I get items from several different people and copied and pasted
them to my publication)
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

If it's not in your document, why does it matter that the font can't be
embedded?
 
J

Jade

I think the restrictions on the font is preventing my from converting my
publication to a pdf.

JoAnn Paules said:
If it's not in your document, why does it matter that the font can't be
embedded?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Jade said:
I'm working on a 32 page brochure. When I try to convert it to a pdf, it
fails. It creates a file that says there is a restriction on a lucinda
bright font. When I go to to the commertian printing tools font options,
that font is listed and says that it may not be embedded, but gives me no
option to change it. I cannot find the font anywhere in my publication to
change it. (I get items from several different people and copied and
pasted
them to my publication)
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

I've had fonts that can't be embedded as well but it's never prevented me
from creating a .pdf. Could you send the .pub file to me?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Jade said:
I think the restrictions on the font is preventing my from converting my
publication to a pdf.

JoAnn Paules said:
If it's not in your document, why does it matter that the font can't be
embedded?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Jade said:
I'm working on a 32 page brochure. When I try to convert it to a pdf,
it
fails. It creates a file that says there is a restriction on a lucinda
bright font. When I go to to the commertian printing tools font
options,
that font is listed and says that it may not be embedded, but gives me
no
option to change it. I cannot find the font anywhere in my publication
to
change it. (I get items from several different people and copied and
pasted
them to my publication)
 
M

Mike Koewler

Jade,

if you are using Acrobat, change your settings to Warn and Continue. The
font won't be embedded but if the printer has the font on his system it
will still print correctly. If not, though, it will be substituted and
could look bad.

Mike
 
A

anyone

You might also want to find and replace the font in the whole document. If
it's referenced to a non character, it won't cause any problems, just cure
them.
 
M

Mac Townsend

In said:
ng Acrobat, change your settings to Warn and Continue. The
font won't be embedded but if the printer has the font on his system
it will still print correctly. If not, though, it will be substituted
and could look bad.>>


NOT if the PDF is sent directly to the rip. In these days of fast
networks and large drives it's unlikely that one puts a lot of fonts on
the rip, relying on the downloaded font to be there. Plus, who is to say
that the version I have is the same version xxx has?

font warnings are to be taken seriously because they can cause so much
mischief on down the line.

Lucinda bright is one of the fonts that is bundled with MS Office. I
didn't know that any of these had embedding restrictions. Perhaps a copy
from a later version of Office might work better.

If you cannot find it used in the document, I'd guess you started out
with a pre-packaged template for this document and that it was called
for in that. Or perhaps it is called for in an imported graphic,
typically an eps rather than a bitmap.

What I think I'd do is go ahead and print/distill it having Distiller
warn and continue, but then I would look at distiller's log to see if it
used courier in the document, then I'd go over the PDF document on-
screen or printed with a pretty fine tooth comb. Don't forget to examine
the reproduction of any imported eps.
 
M

Mac Townsend

In said:
I think the restrictions on the font is preventing my from converting
my publication to a pdf.

There is a setting in Distiller that will overcome this problem.
Investigate a little.
 
M

Mike Koewler

Mac,

How does the X-1a spec handle fonts with embedding restrictions?
PagePlus ignores the restrictions and embeds it (Technical is one of
those fonts I sometimes use) when using its Publish as PDF option.
What's interesting is that I cannot edit the text in Acrobat, though
non-restricted fonts can be edited.

Mike
 
M

Matt Beals

PDF/X-1a:200x demands that all fonts be included in the PDF. If a font
cannot be embedded into a PDF because of licensing restrictions or because
the font is not otherwise available, then the PDF cannot conform to the ISO
specification that is PDF/X-1a:200x. There is a PDF/X spec that does allow
for sending PDF/X files without the benifit of embedded fonts or images (OPI
images)

PDF/X-1a:200x also precludes things like RGB, LAB, etc. It says nothing
about image resolution.

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