[xep-support] embedding fonts in PDF -- adding embed="true" seems not to work for base fonts!

[Jirka Kosek]

Robert Wenner wrote:

> Hm, then how does LaTeX do it?

LaTeX doesn't care about font outlines, it uses only font metrics 
information from .tfm files.

You are probably talking about pdftex, which can produce PDF instead of 
DVI files. It depends on pdftex configuration, but fonts like Helvetica 
and Times are not embeded by pdftex because such fonts must be available 
in all PDF viewers (it is requirement of PDF specification). The problem 
is, that even different version of Adobe Reader comes with slightly 
different fonts and rendering is not 100% accurate across platforms.

You can use some free substitutes for standard fonts like Helvetice and 
Times if you want to embed them -- e.g. from URW. But such fonts are 
usually of lower quality then originals from Adobe.

				Jirka

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