Printing a pdf file

[Glory]

If I create a document at home using Publisher 2007 with a specific font
style, and go to work and try to print it there when the Publisher 2007
installed at work does not have the same font I have at home, will it change
my font style, and if so, can I save it as a pdf file and still be able to
print it at work without having the font style changed at work. I prefer the
font style I have at home, but I have to use the work printer which prints
huge posters. Thank you for any help you can give me. Or, does anyone have
any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?

Glory

 

[JoAnn Paules]

If you (or any reader) doesn't have the font installed on your system, it
will change. You can try embedding the font but not all fonts can be
embedded.

 

[Craig Schiller]

What JoAnn said. But yes, saving as a pdf file and taking that to work
to print will solve your problem.

Craig

 

[Glory]

What about if I save my work to a pdf file, will that keep the same font
style I used when they open it?

If you (or any reader) doesn't have the font installed on your system, it
will change. You can try embedding the font but not all fonts can be
embedded.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

If I create a document at home using Publisher 2007 with a specific font
style, and go to work and try to print it there when the Publisher 2007
installed at work does not have the same font I have at home, will it
change
my font style, and if so, can I save it as a pdf file and still be able to
print it at work without having the font style changed at work. I prefer
the
font style I have at home, but I have to use the work printer which prints
huge posters. Thank you for any help you can give me. Or, does anyone
have
any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?

Glory

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Like I said, if they don't have the font on their system, it will change.
You can try embedding the font but not all fonts can be embedded.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

What about if I save my work to a pdf file, will that keep the same font
style I used when they open it?

If you (or any reader) doesn't have the font installed on your system, it
will change. You can try embedding the font but not all fonts can be
embedded.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

If I create a document at home using Publisher 2007 with a specific
font
style, and go to work and try to print it there when the Publisher 2007
installed at work does not have the same font I have at home, will it
change
my font style, and if so, can I save it as a pdf file and still be able
to
print it at work without having the font style changed at work. I
prefer
the
font style I have at home, but I have to use the work printer which
prints
huge posters. Thank you for any help you can give me. Or, does anyone
have
any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?

Glory

 

[Craig Schiller]

That's not true. It's the whole point of creating a pdf file. Well, one
of them, anyway.

Craig

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

IF the font is embed-able, not all font licenses allow embedding.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Matt Beals]

Right, not all fonts can be embedded. Many PDF creation tools do NOT
embed the fonts in the PDF, but most DO. If a font is not embedded in a
PDF then Adobe Acrobat will check to see if the font is loaded
(available) on the workstation opening the PDF for viewing. If a font is
NOT embedded in a PDF and is NOT available on the workstation then Adobe
Acrobat uses its own multiple master fonts to (Adobe Sans Serif and
Adobe Serif) to simulate as closely as possible the fonts that are not
embedded in the document. Many times the printer driver allows for font
substitutions (thank you Microsoft...) whether you allow it or not. And
that's assuming that you know it is substituting fonts...

Matt Beals
Consultant
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[Matt Beals]

Right, not all fonts can be embedded. Many PDF creation tools do NOT
embed the fonts in the PDF, but most DO. If a font is not embedded in a
PDF then Adobe Acrobat will check to see if the font is loaded
(available) on the workstation opening the PDF for viewing. If a font is
NOT embedded in a PDF and is NOT available on the workstation then Adobe
Acrobat uses its own multiple master fonts to (Adobe Sans Serif and
Adobe Serif) to simulate as closely as possible the fonts that are not
embedded in the document. Many times the printer driver allows for font
substitutions (thank you Microsoft...) whether you allow it or not. And
that's assuming that you know it is substituting fonts...

Matt Beals
Consultant
Callas Partner/Trainer
Enfocus Certified Trainer
Markzware Recognized Trainer
(425) 582-8554 - Office
(206) 201-2320 - Voicemail
(206) 618-2537 - Mobile
mailto:[email protected]

Come visit me at:
http://www.automatetheworkflow.com
http://www.mattbeals.com
http://blog.mattbeals.com

Friends don't let friends write HTML email

 

[JoAnn Paules]

That's what I've been saying.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

[JoAnn Paules]

The only problem with that is the possibility of violating the license for
that font. People forget that darned near everything has a license or a
copyright these days.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

ot: Hi Matt !

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

yeah but seems no one heard ya



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

That's what I've been saying.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

IF the font is embed-able, not all font licenses allow embedding.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

open the font file with something like The Font Thing and you can read the
licenses...I think maybe Publisher will tell you if it's embeddable as
well...I think

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

JoAnn,

How is one suppose to know if you can put it on more than one computer?
If you have the font on your computer, apparently you've purchased it
somewhere along the line.

--
Don - Vancouver, USA
"May your shadow be found in happy places." - Native North American

The only problem with that is the possibility of violating the license
for that font. People forget that darned near everything has a license or
a copyright these days.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Glory,

You could copy the font file needed, email as an attachment to the
computer needing the font. Upon receiving the email with the attached
font file, install it.

--
Don - Publisher 2000®
Vancouver, USA


If I create a document at home using Publisher 2007 with a specific
font
style, and go to work and try to print it there when the Publisher 2007
installed at work does not have the same font I have at home, will it
change
my font style, and if so, can I save it as a pdf file and still be able
to
print it at work without having the font style changed at work. I
prefer the
font style I have at home, but I have to use the work printer which
prints
huge posters. Thank you for any help you can give me. Or, does anyone
have
any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?

Glory

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Exactly - *you* purchased the license to use it, not someone else.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP052590131033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

JoAnn,

How is one suppose to know if you can put it on more than one computer?
If you have the font on your computer, apparently you've purchased it
somewhere along the line.

--
Don - Vancouver, USA
"May your shadow be found in happy places." - Native North American

The only problem with that is the possibility of violating the license
for that font. People forget that darned near everything has a license or
a copyright these days.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Glory,

You could copy the font file needed, email as an attachment to the
computer needing the font. Upon receiving the email with the attached
font file, install it.

--
Don - Publisher 2000®
Vancouver, USA


If I create a document at home using Publisher 2007 with a specific
font
style, and go to work and try to print it there when the Publisher 2007
installed at work does not have the same font I have at home, will it
change
my font style, and if so, can I save it as a pdf file and still be able
to
print it at work without having the font style changed at work. I
prefer the
font style I have at home, but I have to use the work printer which
prints
huge posters. Thank you for any help you can give me. Or, does anyone
have
any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?

Glory

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I tend to be invisible. Maybe I need to use HTML posts. Bold and red.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

yeah but seems no one heard ya



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

That's what I've been saying.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

IF the font is embed-able, not all font licenses allow embedding.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression






That's not true. It's the whole point of creating a pdf file. Well, one
of them, anyway.

Craig

JoAnn Paules wrote:

Like I said, if they don't have the font on their system, it will
change. You can try embedding the font but not all fonts can be
embedded.

 

[Matt Beals]

Font licensing is a very tricky area. It is easily misunderstood and not
necessarily easily, or with difficulty, understood.

Any PDF creation program, if I recall correctly, is required to honor
the font embedding flag in TrueType fonts, any restrictions really.
PostScript fonts do not have this special flag. I do not think that
OpenType fonts have such a flag. But TrueType fonts definitely DO have
this feature. Fonts like WP Iconics, Word Perfect fonts, generally have
this restriction. There is no legal way to embed these restricted fonts
in a PDF.

Matt Beals
Consultant
Callas Partner/Trainer
Enfocus Certified Trainer
Markzware Recognized Trainer
(425) 582-8554 - Office
(206) 201-2320 - Voicemail
(206) 618-2537 - Mobile
mailto:[email protected]

Come visit me at:
http://www.automatetheworkflow.com
http://www.mattbeals.com
http://blog.mattbeals.com

Friends don't let friends write HTML email

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Thank you Matt.

 

[Glory]

Thank you, Craig, I got the info I needed regarding my first question on the
font style, but you're the first one to answer the second part, i.e., as a
last resort, if I save it as a pdf file, can I just go to work and print it
without the font being changed? Thank you very much, that's what I will do.
However, I think I will try to follow the suggestion of emailing the font to
work and see what happens - I never thought of that. Thank you all for your
much-needed help.