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Re: Exporting graphics in PDF with fonts embedded

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  • Subject: [mg93347] Re: Exporting graphics in PDF with fonts embedded
  • From: ragfield <ragfield at gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:19:57 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <geh9kv$f5t$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Nov 1, 4:05 am, kiv... at cc.hut.fi (Simo K Kivel=E4) wrote:
> I have made geometric pictures with text in Mathematica 6.0.2/Windows
> and exported them in PDF form. The Mathematica fonts are embedded,
> but the standard fonts (Times, Helvetica etc.) not.

Mathematica's PDF export does not currently embed any 3rd party fonts.

> Now the printing
> house likes to have the file with all fonts embedded. Is this possible
> directly from Mathematica?

The PDF specification requires Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, &
Zapf Dingbats to be available in all rendering applications.  I don't
know why these fonts would ever be embedded.

-Rob


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