This is my first post to this community, I have browsed around for a while, and have had several questions answered, which I am grateful for. I have 2 questions:
Is it possible to change the default font selected when creating a new field using the text field tool? The default is Helvetica, but you can choose from many other fonts. Does this matter, as I can change the default font for fields when I am not in edit mode?
I had read on here that you can really only use 3 or 4 fonts (the ones first listed in the text field properties text area? Is this true, and why?
Thanks!
The first 4 fonts are Type 1 fonts. In a way they are default fonts that are built into Acrobat. If a PDF uses a font that is not on the user's system then it cannot properly draw the text. Not that it won't try, it just may not get it right. However, if the font is embedded in the PDF it does not need to be on the users system.
Fortunatly Acrobat automatically embeds the selected field font so that where the PDF goes it's always aviailible to the user. You can use any font you want in a text field.
Thom Parker
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