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ARTICLES & HOW-TOS FOR USING FONTS: Tips and Tutorials for Creating and Using Embedded Fonts in Your Designs and Graphics.

Adobe Acrobat PDFs - Embedding Fonts

Microsoft Office Word - Embedded Fonts

Microsoft Powerpoint - Embedding Fonts

Graphic Designers from our Community

Macromedia Director- Embedding Fonts

Macromedia Flash - Embedded Fonts

Subsetting Fonts - Embedded Fonts

Web Pages / Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - Embedded Fonts

Problems & Errors Messages & Solutions - Embedding Fonts

Usage Rights and Licensing Laws - Embedded Fonts

Other - Embeding Fonts - Embedded Fonts

GENERAL / MISCELLANEOUS EMBEDDED FONTS ARTICLES

Embedding TrueType & OpenType Fonts - There are four levels of embedding with TrueType and OpenType font data. These levels are set by the font developer, and written into the font data. The user cannot change the embedding level.

Intro to Embedded Fonts - Learn more about embedded fonts with this handy introduction and tutorial.

Embedding TrueType: The solution to document portability - If you're a regular user of computers, you're probably familiar with the following frustration: occasionally when you open a document created on a different computer, you find that the formatting is all messed up and that the fonts have changed.

How to Embed Font within Web Page/Email - To distribute font outside your organization you must use font embed technology. This article explains how to embed fonts to be browsed by Internet Explorer and Netscape navigator.

Embedding Fonts in AS3 - Learn how to embed Fonts in AS3.

Dynamic Internet Font Embedding for MICR, OCR and Barcode Fonts - How do embedded fonts work? The embedded font is just temporarily used by the Web browser and then discarded after the user is done with that Web page.

Font Embedding - Is there a way to embed fonts so it will be displayed on a browser even if they don't have that font installed.

MWJ Commentary on Acrobat PDF Font Embedding Issues Conclusion: - 'Which company do you want to support? The Weekly Attitudinal™: Type Rights and Wrong -- Agfa-Adobe squabble hints at type casting

Fonts: Embedding Fonts in a QuarkXPress EPS File (Cross-platform) - It is not possible to embed fonts in an EPS graphic created by saving a QuarkXPress® page as an EPS file, but see what you can do.

CSS Embedded Fonts / Web Pages

Bug or Feature? CSS and Embedded Fonts? - I've been lurking around the forums and mailing lists archives during the weekend, looking for an answer. Unfortunately, I've been unable to find any helpful information, and I'm just concluding that it is impossible to use CSS and a mix of embedded and non-embedded typefaces.

CSS Tip: Get any font you want - Embedding a font is a 3-step process: Locate the font and use it on your Web page, then Create an embedded font file, and then Attach the font to your style sheet.

CSS Experiments - Web Fonts and Embedded Fonts - While we don't use embedded fonts within our general documents, yet, the technique is enchanting. We have used it in one of our layout example pages, showing what is possible when you open up to the possibilities. Therefore, we’re including instructions on how to create embedded fonts within your web page.

CSS Tips: Get Any Font You Want - If your page requires an unusual font, you can embed it with a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS). But beware: this technique has some significant downsides.

Dynamic Fonts - Using OpenType and TrueDoc to Define the Fonts in Your Page - When you use a font tag or the font-family CSS property, you have to hope that your readers have the fonts that you specify on their computer. Using dynamic fonts or embedded fonts, a Web developer can use any font they wish to ... however, with drawbacks.

Embedded Fonts, CSS & Web Pages - After doing a lot of research on the issues surrounding embedding fonts, I'm left with one inescapable conclusion: it's not ready for prime-time. Allow me to explain...

Embedding CSS code into the <head> of your html document - On the introduction page we used the html code in the text box below for the first part of the body content. This is just normal html coding.

Embedding Fonts Tutorial - Font embedding is here, which means that we can use just about any font we want to on our Web pages, and users will actually see it. In this tutorial, we'll show you, step by step, how to embed fonts in your pages using both of these technologies.

Embedding Fonts - Embedding fonts is a very efficient and easy process, however support for doing so is still not as widespread as we would like. Right now, embedding fonts the way this tutorial describes is only compatible with Internet Explorer 4 and above

Embedding Fonts in Webpages - Demonstration of a font embedded in a webpage

Embedding Fonts in Web Pages - Here's how to embed specialty fonts on your Web pages so visitors won't need them preloaded.

Embedding Web Fonts into a Web Page - Microsoft and Netscape use different terminology for Web fonts. Microsoft calls them embedded fonts. Netscape calls them dynamic fonts. In either case, the mechanisms are roughly similar, but the font formats

Embedding Fonts in Web Pages - Web designers working on Windows machines (all web designers should have access to a Windows machine, if only for browser testing, actually) have the ability to embed non-standard fonts in web pages with Microsoft's Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT), a free download.

Font Embedding - How to embed a True Type Font on your web page - So if you want either a weird gothic font or an old Celtic font such as in the main logo of my site (which is actually an image) you will need to either display the font in an image or embed the font in your web page.

How to embed fonts into webpages with WEFT - Learn how to embed fonts with WEFT.

Fonts and Formats in CSS - Microsoft also provides a way to embed fonts in a Web page. To include a font, you must first build the page using the <FONT> element, or style sheet rules that set fonts.

Nearly My Type with CSS (PDF) - Learn how to use CSS to handle your type / fonts in CSS

Web Typography Tutorials HTML and CSS - As of version 3.2, the HTML spec provides rudimentary font control with the FONT tag, which allows page authors to specify typeface and rough size. Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) provide significantly more control, which we'll explore in depth a little later. However, as giving and wonderful as they are, even HTML and CSS have several problems in common.

TrueDoc, font embedding that works - The true war - Embedding fonts on the web.

Microsoft Office Word

Embedding Fonts - About Embedding Fonts in Microsoft Office and Windows Applications - If you are going to show a presentation on a different computer, you might want to embed some TrueType fonts into the presentation. This guarantees you will have the fonts you want.

Embedding Fonts In a MS Word Document - The fonts you use in a document determine exactly how that document appears when viewed or printed. If you are sharing your documents with others, you will want to make sure that they have the same fonts you used in the document. If they don't, then they may not be able to read the information you send.

How to Embed Font within Documents - To distribute font outside your organization you must use font embed technology. Most of windows applications provide such capabilities. Please be noted that a developer license is required for such distribution. In this tutorial, learn how to embed fonts in Microsoft Office Products and Word as well as Adobe Acrobat.

How to Embed Font within Documents - To distribute font outside your organization you must use font embed technology. Most of windows applications provide such capabilities. Please be noted that a developer license is required for such distribution. In this tutorial, learn how to embed fonts in Microsoft Office Products and Word as well as Adobe Acrobat.

Microsoft Word 2003 - Embed Fonts so Others Can View Your Document - Embed Fonts so Others Can View Your Document - Develop complex Word 2003 documents with multiple fonts that others can easily view.

Support Embedding Fonts rom Bitstream: Questions such as why am I unable to embed my Bitstream fonts, embedded TrueType fonts in a document with Microsoft Word for Office 97, and when I open the document on another computer, the fonts appear in the wrong font style, etc.

Tip #982 - Embedded Fonts: Keep Your Microsoft Word Documents Looking Good! - Embedding fonts in your documents is a simple process. From the Tools menu, select Options to bring up the Options dialog box.

Problems: Read-Only Embedded Fonts - A Word user had with some old files created in Word. It seems that when he tries to open them now, he sees a message that says "This document contains read-only embedded fonts," and that he cannot make changes in the document.

Word & PowerPoint Tip: Download, Install, and Embed Fonts - Using a unique font may add interest or fulfill an aesthetic requirement (see figure 1 ) It can also, however pose a huge problem if the file is sent to others, and they do not have that font installed.

Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat - How to Embed Fonts - A lesson on embedding fonts in these 2 applications

Microsoft Powerpoint

Avoid Missing Font Styles in MS Powerpoint - Whether you're putting together the most important presentation in your life or you just want to guarantee your slides will look as appealing on your boss's computer as they did on yours, here are three simple tricks you can use to make sure your slides will display with the font you intended.

Embedding Fonts - About Embedding Fonts in Microsoft Office and Windows Applications - If you are going to show a presentation on a different computer, you might want to embed some TrueType fonts into the presentation. This guarantees you will have the fonts you want.

Embedding Fonts in PowerPoint - Before we start, let me wave you Mac folks off before getting your hopes up. Mac versions of PowerPoint can't embed fonts, and they can't use fonts that have been embedded. That's a real pity and a real impediment to cross-platform compatibility.

Embedded fonts inside a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation change after conversion - The font originally chosen in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation is changed once that presentation is converted and uploaded to a server or computer that doesn't have a specific font installed. There are potentially two ways to resolve this issue.

Embedding Fonts in Powerpoint 95, 97, 2000, & XP - First and foremost, try to avoid using unusual fonts. If you can't avoid them, then be sure to embed them when you save the file. Sometimes you won't be able to embed because of licensing. If this is the case, just let us know in the special instructions what fonts you've used. Odds are we have it. We'll contact you otherwise.

Embedding Fonts in MS Powerpoint XP - When embedding your fonts, keep these things in mind.

Embedding Unusual Fonts in Microsoft Powerpoint - If you are using fonts that are unusual you’ll want to make sure you embed them when you save the file*. This varies in the different versions of PowerPoint - 95, 97, 2000, and XP. Font embedding is not available in PowerPoint for the Macintosh.

Font Changes in Microsoft Powerpoint - The process of storing fonts with a presentation is called "embedding fonts." To embed fonts in your presentation:

Font Embedding in Microsoft PowerPoint - PowerPoint allows you to embed a copy of a font used in a presentation within its format. But that's not the end of the story - things are not quite that simple. Anyway, let's find out how to embed fonts before discussing its aspects.

Font trick # 2: Embed your fonts in Powerpoint - You can select an option to Embed fonts when you save your presentation.

HOW TO: Embed Fonts in PowerPoint 2003 - This article describes how to embed fonts in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation.

This Presentation Cannot Be Edited Because it Contains a Read-only Embedded Font - What happens if you receive or create a Powerpoint presentation in a version earlier than 2003 or XP such as 97, 2000, or 2002. Now you want to open it. PowerPoint tells you that "This presentation cannot be edited because it contains a read-only embedded font". Why does this happen? Is there a solution?

Embedding Fonts in Excel - Embedding Fonts in Excel. If you are familiar with Word and PowerPoint, you may have noticed that both programs allow you to embed fonts in documents or presentations. This is very handy, particularly if you feel that someone else receiving your document or presentation may not have your font on their system.

Share fonts: Say goodbye to missing or changing characters - Fonts are shared in one of two ways. You can either embed the font in the presentation file or you can send the font file itself with the presentation. Before you do either of these, though, make sure that you have permission to share the font you used.

Macromedia Director

Embedding fonts in Macromedia Director Movies - Before creating text or field cast members, it's good practice to embed the fonts you want to use in the movie. Embedding fonts makes Director store all font information in the movie file so that a font displays properly even if it is not installed in a user's system. Because embedded fonts are available only to the movie, there are no legal obstacles to distributing fonts in Director movies.

Embedding Fonts in Macromedia Director - In order for a font to display correctly in your movie, the user's computer — whether Mac or PC — must have that font installed (same rules as a web page)...If you want to use any other font in your Director work, you must embed that font in your movie. Embedding a font temporarily installs it, making it available for you to use in your text!

Multimedia Techniques (Doc) - Please scroll down to the middle of this document...here you will find instructions to embed fonts. This is done while you are developing the movie and is worthwhile if you have quite a few cast members in an unusual font. Embedded fonts appear in a movie as cast members.

How to correctly display fonts in projectors or Shockwave movies - Fonts change in projectors and Shockwave movies during playback. Use Directors embedded Font feature. This ensures that the font information travels with the Director file.

Tech Note: Embedded Fonts and PrintOMatic - Items that use "embedded fonts" in Director don’t print as expected with those fonts - Tech Note: Director’s "embedded fonts" can be tricky to work with in Windows. Depending upon your Windows security settings and user login, they may not be available for use in printing. If you are having problems in Mac OS, your problem might be addressed in our tech note "Text Fields Print With Incorrect Fonts"

Why can't some fonts be embedded in Director movies? - Director can only embed fonts that have recordable outlines and not all fonts have these recordable outlines.

Macromedia Flash

As an Alternative to Embedded Fonts in Flash - As an alternative to embedding font information, you can use special fonts in Flash called device fonts...there are 3 included in Flash. Learn more about Device Fonts.

Embedding Fonts in Multimedia Programs - Macromedia Flash: In most advanced layout and design programs it is possible to embed font outlines that enable the program to reproduce specific letterforms even if the font in question is not installed on a particular computer. You can do this in Flash as well. Here's how.

Embedding Fonts in Flash MX - Ah, the age old question, how does one embed fancy fonts into a Flash document? Particularly when you're creating dynamic text fields with code?

Embedding Fonts in Flash MX - There are probably more than a couple occasions when you want to embed a font, or modify its _alpha or _rotation properties without having to break apart the text and convert it into a MovieClip symbol. This quick mini-tutorial shows you how you can take your fancy fonts and embed them into your Flash document so the end users can see your font, even if they don't have it installed.

Embedding Font Outlines - You can embed font outlines into a SWF file so your visitor can view fonts properly, and as you want them to be seen. You do not have to embed font outlines though -- you can rely on using system fonts instead.

Embedded Fonts - Dynamic and Input text fields - Font outlines for Dynamic and Input text fields are, by default, not embedded in published SWFs. Consequently, these types of text fields will not anti-alias. To have Dynamic or Input text fields anti-alias, you must embed font outlines for the chosen font.

Incomplete character set when embedding fonts in Flash MX on MacOS - I’m having problems displaying dynamic text in Flash MX. When I use an embedded (non device) font and publish the movie on a Macintosh, I lose some useful punctuation characters (curly quotes, en-dashes). If I publish the same file on Windows, it works okay. I’m guessing Flash on Macintosh isn’t embedding all the font outlines.

Introductions to Fonts in Flash - Flash also allows you to embed fonts, the difference is that while embedding fonts in HTML is problematic, Flash allows you to embed fonts flawlessly. So the person viewing the flash file can any fonts used within it without having the font installed on their computer.

Optimizing Macromedia Flash Animations by Embedding Your Fonts - Macromedia Flash offers several solutions for analyzing and optimizing your animations. Optimizing Flash files will give Web users a better overall experience through shorter downloading times.

Using Pixel Fonts - This section features random tips and tricks that will help you solve most encounters related to pixel fonts...For larger pieces of text, it is recommended that you Embed the text instead of breaking it apart.

Working with Text in Macromedia Flash MX 2004 - Working with Static Text and Device Fonts. device font is a type of font that won't embed itself in the SWF file. Instead, you choose a device font for the end users' machines to display—_serif, _sans, or _typewriter—and the end users' machines will display that device font for the Static text.

Adobe Acrobat PDFs

Adobe PDF Fonts Strategies - In addition to this issue, there are many other font considerations to keep in mind when designing documents that will eventually end up in PDF form.

Embedding Fonts in PDFs - In order to ensure that the PDF version of your thesis or dissertation looks the same on all machines, you must make sure that your document carries its own copies of the fonts you have used. In technical terms, this is referred to as "embedding" your fonts.

Font Embedding and Substitions in Adobe PDFs - When Create Adobe® PDF Online has access to a font used in a PostScript file, it can embed that font in the resulting Adobe PDF file. Embedding ensures that all readers will see the text in its original font and be able to print the file using the original fonts; however, embedding fonts increases file size. Subset Included in this tutorial is topics on All Embedded Fonts and what to do when embedding fonts fails.

Embedding Fonts in PDFs using Acrobat Distiller - One of the main benefits of saving your document as a PDF is that it will appear the same on each person's computer when they view your document. They don't need to have the same program on their computer as you used to create the document. They don't even need to have the same fonts loaded on your computer because in most cases you can embed the actual fonts that your document uses into the PDF itself. Anyone with a copy of the free Acrobat reader can view your document the way you intended it to look.

How to Embed Font within Documents - To distribute font outside your organization you must use font embed technology. Most of windows applications provide such capabilities. Please be noted that a developer license is required for such distribution. In this tutorial, learn how to embed fonts in Microsoft Office Products and Word as well as Adobe Acrobat.

How to repair PDF files, fonts not embedded in PDF file? (Software-Robotics Forum Thread) - Without using flightcheck what is the best way to identify that fonts are not embedded. When I used FlightCheck it was seeing active fonts available in the system and said OK? However, it wasn't OK.

Problem: Adobe Acrobat PDF Distiller Doesn't Embed Fonts - Find out the solution to this Acrobat problem.

Embedding Fonts Tutorials - You can choose which fonts to embed into your PDF document. Embedding fonts impacts the size of the document.

PDF Font Subsets - When generating a PDF, it is possible to include only those characters in a font that were used in the document. This partial font is called a "Font Subset". The threshold for font subsetting is made in the Distiller job options under "Subset fonts below XX%

Prepress Tutorial: Should I Subset Fonts When Making PDFs? - You might have seen the option to subset fonts when making PDFs either through your layout program or when making the PDF through Acrobat Distiller. So, perhaps you are wondering what does that option do, and will it affect the way my PDFs look on screen?

Adobe Support Knowledgebase on Subset Errors in Acrobat PDF - Error "...Subset fonts have the same name and cannot be merged" When Inserting or Replacing Pages in a PDF File

Embedding Fonts in PDF Files - The Fonts Job Options menu specifies the fonts that will be embedded in a PDF file. To ensure that the PDF file you create is fully portable and readable on computers that may not have the same fonts installed, you should embed all fonts to guarantee that none are missed. To set the Fonts Job Options.

Fonts in PDF files - If certain fonts are missing from the PDF file, Exchange and Reader will automatically try to emulate the missing font by using one of the Multiple Master fonts that are included in these programs....this articles includes information about embedding fonts, Fonts that are not included in PDF files, Subsetting fonts, and Recommendations.

How-To’s Day: Acrobat: PDFs and Fonts, Why To Embed, How To Embed - When and how to make PDFs is at the top of many designers’ “huh?” lists. And, crowning the list of PDF-creation confusions is often questions about font embedding, when and how to use embedding, what is “subsetting,” and how does Acrobat handle subsetted and even missing fonts in PDFs

Making PDFs Word for You - Nowadays, more and more printers are asking magazine, journal and newspaper production managers to submit advertisements in a PDF format. While many ads are now being received and submitted this way, some people are still puzzled by PDFs. Read below to find out more about PDFs and how you can create files that are trouble-free and “printer-friendly.”

PDF Best Practices #4: Fonts Can Make or Break PDFs... - Intelligent use determines display and/or printing success

Should I Subset Fonts When Making a PDF? - You might have seen the option to subset fonts when making PDFs either through your layout program or when making the PDF through Acrobat Distiller. So, perhaps you are wondering what does that option do, and will it affect the way my PDFs look on screen?

Solutions for 3 Common PDF Problems - Having problems with Embedding fonts in a PDF...here you will find the solution.

Usage Rights and Licensing Laws

Font Embedding and Usage Rights and Licensing Laws - Current proposals to include fonts in the web do not address intellectual property issues properly...this article does.

Get Prepress-Ready PDFs from QuarkXPress - Font embedding is part of this tutorial on preparing quarkxpress files ready for print with PDFs

Settings - General - Font Embedding Licensing Rights - Embeddable fonts may be stored in a document. When a document with embedded fonts is opened on a system that does not have the font installed (the remote system), the embedded font may be loaded for temporary (and in some cases, permanent) use on that system by an embedding-aware application. Embedding licensing rights are granted by the vendor of the font.

Subsetting Fonts

Adobe Support Knowledgebase on Subset Errors in Acrobat PDF - Error "...Subset fonts have the same name and cannot be merged" When Inserting or Replacing Pages in a PDF File

Embedding Fonts Tutorial on Subsetting - You also need to select the subsetting you want — that is, how much of the font should be embedded. By default, WEFT will embed only the characters used on your pages, not the entire font. The less you embed, the smaller the file size will be. If you need to change the default, here are all the options.

Error Messages: Err Msg: "These documents contain subset fonts that have the same name..." - This is a known issue with CR exports to 'Acrobat Format (PDF)'. This issue has been assigned Track ID ADAPT00100207. To work around this issue in Adobe 6.0 Standard a user is able to merge the two exported documents in the following way.

How to embed and subset fonts in a PDF file generated from latex with pdflatex? - There are actually two problems here. First the tex file must produce a PDF with correctly embedded and subset fonts. The second problem is that all included PDFs, such as images, must already have the correct embedded and subset font formats.

PDF Font Subsets - When generating a PDF, it is possible to include only those characters in a font that were used in the document. This partial font is called a "Font Subset". The threshold for font subsetting is made in the Distiller job options under "Subset fonts below XX%

PDF Font Issues - Do I Embed or Subset my Fonts? - The answer. Unequivocally yes and yes. And sometimes no.

Prepress Tutorial: Should I Subset Fonts When Making PDFs? - You might have seen the option to subset fonts when making PDFs either through your layout program or when making the PDF through Acrobat Distiller. So, perhaps you are wondering what does that option do, and will it affect the way my PDFs look on screen?

Problems: Problem: Even though you are sure that Acrobat Distiller is set to embed fonts, they somehow get subsetted in a PDF - This solution will provide workarounds if you really want full Type 1 font embedding.

Should I Subset Fonts When Making a PDF? - You might have seen the option to subset fonts when making PDFs either through your layout program or when making the PDF through Acrobat Distiller. So, perhaps you are wondering what does that option do, and will it affect the way my PDFs look on screen?

Subsetting Fonts - It is also possible to only include those characters of a font that are actually used in the publication. This technique is called font subsetting.

Subsetting Option on Embedded Fonts Software - WEFT - There are seven different levels of font subsetting supported by Microsoft WEFT. The 'Font Subsetting' drop down box lets you alter the type of subsetting used by the tool.

Embedded Fonts Problems & Errors Messages & Solutions

Adobe Support Knowledgebase on Subset Errors in Acrobat PDF - Error "...Subset fonts have the same name and cannot be merged" When Inserting or Replacing Pages in a PDF File

Embedded Fonts Errors - If you are getting embedded fonts errors then this page will help you.

Error Messages: Err Msg: "These documents contain subset fonts that have the same name..." - This is a known issue with CR exports to 'Acrobat Format (PDF)'. This issue has been assigned Track ID ADAPT00100207. To work around this issue in Adobe 6.0 Standard a user is able to merge the two exported documents in the following way.

Fonts do not work in PDF documents or embedding utilities - When creating PDF documents with barcode fonts or using other barcode font utilities, the resulting barcode field document displays text instead of the intended barcode font.

Question. I get an error message that says that certain "fonts are not subset embedded". What should I do? - One of the most important steps in the entire PDF process is embedding your fonts into the PDF document. Many readers of your manuscript may not have on their computers all the fonts that you have used in your document. Therefore you must embed them in the PDF file, or Acrobat will make font substitutions that can alter the appearance of your manuscript.

You receive a "This presentation cannot be edited because it contains a read-only embedded font" error message when you try to change or to save a presentation in PowerPoint 2002 SP3 or in PowerPoint 2003 - This behavior occurs because the presentation contains an Embedded Read Only font. This makes the presentation restricted to read-only. To resolve this behavior, open the presentation in an earlier version of Microsoft PowerPoint and resave the presentation without embedding any fonts.

Free Online Font Tools - Mega List of Web Based Font, Text, & Type Tools - Graphic Design and Typography are deeply connected. For that reason, I figure that most of you are going to love these free online font and type tools. Most, if not all, of these are very useful and I recommend that you use them when you have a chance. Below you will find the huge list of free browser-based font and type tools.