PDFs are the preferred file format for most, if not all, professional print providers. A PDF can be set up to give your printing company all of the pertinent information they need to effectively print your design project while avoiding problems and delays. Some of the most frequent issues print providers encounter with customer files are regarding fonts.
Corrupted fonts, incompatible fonts, or fonts that are missing altogether are issues that can easily be avoided by embedding your fonts into your PDFs.
Most file formats you use to print at home or in your office are not designed to include all of the information that a professional print provider would need. For example, Microsoft Word prints by using the information in the file that you are working with as well as information stored on your computer, such as font and color settings.
If you were to send that file to a printer, they would not have the same information that your computer has. When you save a file as a PDF , you are essentially packaging all of the components of your design into a single file. Think font information, color information, and any other settings you have used. This ensures that whoever is viewing your file on their own device is able to view it as you intended.
Designers often use programs such as Adobe InDesign or Adobe Illustrator, both of which will create a reference to the fonts you use, but neither stores them in the file itself. When the software needs font information, it is able to locate it on your computer where it originally pulled it from.
When this happens, the font will be replaced with another, completely changing the look of your design. This process is known as embedding. The steps in this article were performed in Microsoft Word The end result of completing this guide will be a PDF file with your fonts embedded in the file.
You can then share that file with others and be confident that the file will appear the same way on their computer as it does on yours. Step 4: Click the Save tab at the left side of the Word Options window. Step 5: Scroll to the bottom and check the box to the left of Embed fonts in the file , then click the OK button.
Step 6: Click the File tab again, then click the Save As option. Step 7: Select a location for the saved document, then click the Save as type dropdown menu and choose the PDF option.
If you see this error when creating your book, then you will need to embed your fonts and re-upload the PDF.
The easiest way to ensure your PDF prints the way you want with the fonts you want is to use Lulu's Adobe Job Options attached below if you are using Adobe products.
The other option is to adjust the settings yourself by going into the PDF settings. If all fonts used in your document are followed by Embedded Subset , then your PDF includes all fonts properly embedded and will upload without error.
The way you embed fonts depends on the program you are using to create a PDF.
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