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Subject:Re: PDF font problem From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:17:50 -0500
> I'm having trouble printing my .pdf files. I create the original files =
> in Word using Garamond (W1), use Acrobat Distiller to distill them, then =
> view them in Acrobat Exchange--no problems. But when I print the files =
> the font is completely wrong.=20
Did you embed your fonts? I have only used Distiller with Quark XPress,
so i don't know how this works when using Word/Distiller, but if you
print to PDF Writer from Word, you need to select the fonts to embed
(Print -> Options -> Fonts).
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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