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Subject:Re: PDF Files Not Bitmaps From:Tracy Boyington <trlyboyi -at- GENESIS -dot- ODVTE -dot- STATE -dot- OK -dot- US> Date:Wed, 18 Sep 1996 08:37:41 +0000
> Test the validity of this statement by viewing
> or printing a PDF file which utilizes an unusual font on a system which
> doesn't have a full-fledged version of Adobe Type Manager installed, but
> only the "generic" fonts included with the Acrobat Reader. Acrobat will
> display an approximation of the original font--either a serif or sans serif
> font as appropriate, with the original font's character widths
> preserved--but it won't be the original font.
But I thought that when I checked "include fonts" (or whatever that
box is called) when I created the PDF file, it would always be
displayed in my selected font. Please don't tell me this isn't true!
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington trlyboyi -at- genesis -dot- odvte -dot- state -dot- ok -dot- us
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA http://genesis.odvte.state.ok.us/cimc/home.htm
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