Subject: RE: Several Questions
From: Stefan Baratto (sbaratto@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2000 - 15:58:17 EST
I sent Annette a reply to the Mathtype question. Not only do you need to
save the fonts, but you need to embed them since MathType will be embedded,
hence the fonts aren't recognized unless embedded separately.
Stefan
On Tuesday, March 14, 2000 3:35 PM, John Chamberlain
[SMTP:chamber@cord.org] wrote:
> At 09:15 AM 3/14/00 -0500, Annette D. Hawkins wrote:
> >4. I printed a test using Mathtype and converted it to a PDF file to
send
> >over the web. At home, using Adobe Reader 3 or 4, it looks fine. At
work,
> >using Adobe Reader 4 the () contain extra symbols. What's the problem?
>
> Annette,
>
> Since no one seems to be jumping up to help you on this last question,
I'll
> offer my $0.02.
>
> When you create a PDF, you have the option of whether or not to include
the
> fonts used in your document. I suspect that you had chosen NOT to
include
> fonts when you made the PDF. In that case, it could still appear fine on
> your home PCs because you have the Mathtype fonts installed there that
you
> used to create the document in the first place. But at work, I'll bet
you
> don't have the same fonts (or a newer version from MathType of the same
name?).
>
> Anyway, in my experience, if you intend to share a PDF with the general
> public you cannot assume they have the correct fonts, so you should
include
> all your fonts (at least the atypical ones) in the PDF. Yes, it makes it
a
> little bigger file, but it will always be readable!
>
> If I'm mistaken about this, I'd welcome someone else's wisdom.
>
>
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