RE: Odd font differences in PDFs

["Crimmin, Peter" <Peter -dot- Crimmin -at- scansoft -dot- com>]

 I originally wrote: 

> 
> Does anyone have an idea what causes the following?
> 
> Scenario: 
>     Two writers use FrameMaker to create PDF files
> (FrameMaker>Distiller>PDF).
>     They build the same file on their respective machines.
>     When comparing the resulting PDFs, the fonts appear different.
>     One of the PDFs has thinner characters that are harder to read.
>     But when the thin PDF is magnified to 150%, the characters look like
> the correct font.
> 

Dick Margulis  replied:

Check the Distiller settings on the two machines. Especially look to ensure
that fonts are embedding properly and that the same job options are in use
on both machines.

 ====

This sounds promising --  the distiller .log starts: 

 %%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%
%%[ Warning: AGaramond cannot be embedded due to licensing restrictions.]%%
%%[Page: 1]%%
...
%%[LastPage]%%


Any ideas how to fix it?

 

 


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