Does Pages '09 embed font in PDF?

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Does Pages '09 embed font in PDF?

Well, my subject says it all.

Some PDF creators on Windows have the "embed fonts" option. Pages doesn't. However, I don't know if it does it by default when exporting to PDF.

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Manu

iMac 20", 2,4 Ghz, 4 Go ram, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Dec 10, 2009 8:04 AM

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PeterBreis0807

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Jan 11, 2011 9:24 AM in response to Manusnake

It is OSX's Quartz Filters, and yes it does.

Peter

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Manusnake Author

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Jan 11, 2011 9:25 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

PeterBreis0807 wrote:
It is OSX's Quartz Filters, and yes it does.

Peter

Well, thanks for the quick answer 🙂
Are Quartz Filters preferences editable somewhere? Just to know.

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Jan 11, 2011 9:25 AM in response to Manusnake

Yes in the *ColorSync Utility* inside Applications/Utilities but it is undocumented and buggy.

Peter

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Manusnake Author

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Jan 11, 2011 9:25 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

Thanks again 🙂

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Jan 11, 2011 9:25 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

PeterBreis0807 wrote:
It is OSX's Quartz Filters, and yes it does.

Absolutely correct. Almost. There is an exception in the rare case where fonts contain a flag that they cannot be embedded. There is some license restriction with these fonts.

You should get a message, when they are not embedded, but if you want to make doubly sure, open the generated PDF in Adobe Reader and check the file properties in the File menu. There you can see which fonts are embedded.

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Manusnake Author

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Jan 11, 2011 9:25 AM in response to Magnus Lewan

Thanks for your advice, it will probably save me from time consuming problems.

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