On 01/20/2011 10:57 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 01/20/2011 10:37 PM, Barry McKenna wrote: >> The Scribus files I output to pdf frequently contain only a font that I >> have developed myself, a well-hinted True Type font that neither Scribus >> nor any other app has ever had a problem with. The font is setup for >> everything allowed, which includes embedding and editing. >> >> I've read here often that the Acrobat > File > Properties shows what >> fonts are embedded, if any. Yet when I load an .sla file containing that >> font, and I open the pdf export dialog, there are not fonts (only one in >> the sla) listed as available for embedding, and the Acrobat > File > >> Properties will not show any fonts embedded, even thought this font has >> the Embed in Postscript checked in the Scribus preferences Font page. >> >> However, the pdf that is then generated by Scribus can be taken anywhere >> and printed with the font and I can assure you no one else has this font >> on their system, so it must be embedded, right? So, why isn't it listed >> under Embedding: Available fonts, and why is it not listed in Acrobat >> properties? > > The final answer might come from simply looking at the file with a text > editor. I don't pretend to be an expert, but you should see sections > with plain-text labels for the fonts if they're embedded. > > The other way to give a PDF what it needs is to outline the font, so > perhaps this is what is happening.
If you're using Linux, you might also try evince and see what it says about whether fonts are embedded. Greg
