RE: Odd font differences in PDFs

Subject: RE: Odd font differences in PDFs
From: "Crimmin, Peter" <Peter -dot- Crimmin -at- scansoft -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:07:24 -0400



I originally wrote:

>
> Does anyone have an idea what causes the following?
>
> Scenario:
> Two writers use FrameMaker to create PDF files
> (FrameMaker>Distiller>PDF).
> They build the same file on their respective machines.
> When comparing the resulting PDFs, the fonts appear different.
> One of the PDFs has thinner characters that are harder to read.
> But when the thin PDF is magnified to 150%, the characters look like
> the correct font.
>

Dick Margulis replied:

Check the Distiller settings on the two machines. Especially look to ensure
that fonts are embedding properly and that the same job options are in use
on both machines.

====

This sounds promising -- the distiller .log starts:

%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[ Warning: AGaramond cannot be embedded due to licensing restrictions.]%%
%%[Page: 1]%%
...
%%[LastPage]%%


Any ideas how to fix it?






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