Embedding Fonts FreeHand

Brief Description

Fonts embedding is required for many purpose. If you want to create a PDF document that will be shown to your clients and you are not sure whether a certain font has been installed on your clients' computers, you should embed fonts into your PDF document. So that the document will be opened and shown on other computers keeping the format and fonts unchanged.

What your issue is

OpenType Fonts from Adobe(OTF) are lost when generating a PDF from FreeHand on the Macintosh platform. The actual issue varies among platforms:

-Macintosh OS X: The fonts will be included with the PDF if they are embedded when exporting from FreeHand. The fonts are not included if the fonts are not embedded.

-Macintosh OS 9.x: The fonts are not included even if they are embedded.

How to fix this issue

The solution will differ depending on the platform:

-Macintosh OS X: Embed OpenType Fonts from Adobe when you export as PDF.

1. Choose File > Export.

2. Set the Format to PDF.

3. Click the Setup button.

4. Check the Embed Fonts option (selected by default).

5. Click OK, then export the file.

-Macintosh OS 9.x: Convert any Open Type fonts to paths.

1. Select each instance of text that uses an OpenType font from Adobe.

2. Choose Text > Convert To Paths.

3. Once you have done that for each instance, export the file as PDF.

More Details

To embed fonts you can use PDF Export menu: Select File -> Export -> Selece PDF for the file format, and click the Setup (Windows) or Options (Makintosh) to display the PDF Export dialog box. Here you can apply option "Embed Fonts"



References:

Fonts Embedding

OpenType Fonts from Adobe(OTF) are lost when exporting a PDF

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