How to Be Sure You've Embedded Fonts in a PDF File

Adobe Acrobat is used for creating, editing and securing Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. One useful feature of the PDF document format used by Adobe Acrobat is that fonts "travel with" the document. When text in a PDF document is rendered, the fonts for the text are embedded into the document's properties. Using Adobe Acrobat, fonts embedded in the PDF document may be quickly verified with just a few steps.

Things You'll Need

• Computer with Adobe Acrobat installed

Instructions

1. Open Windows Explorer by right-clicking on the Windows "Start" button and selecting "Explore."

2. Navigate to the PDF file to check.

3. Right-click on the PDF file and select "Open With...".

4. Click the "Adobe Acrobat" program link. The PDF will open in Adobe Acrobat.

5. Click the "File" option from the top navigation bar.

6. Select the "Document Properties" option.

7. Click the "Fonts" tab. The Fonts interface will display the list of embedded fonts.

8. Verify the fonts in the document.

References

• Adobe.com: Font Embedding Notification
• Adobe Support: Font Embedding Guidelines for Third Party Developers

Resources

• Adobe.com: Adobe Acrobat Product Page
• Adobe.com: How to Create PDF Files for Print and Press