I like what Clearscan can do to reduce the size of a scanned PDF. However, it doesn't appear that it embeds or subsets the font it creates. Is there a setting to do this or is it a feature request?
Thanks.
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Clearscans and Fonts
2010-03-17 11:48:22
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.0, Windows
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.0, Windows
2010-03-18 06:30:19
#2
Thanks I must not have used the right settings before.
I wasn't able to check using the touchup tool. But was able to do so using document properites.
I wasn't able to check using the touchup tool. But was able to do so using document properites.
2010-03-18 08:15:16
#3
Hello,
I think I may be having a similar problem. I've noticed that my ClearScan pdfs get messed up if I save them using a non-Adobe pdf reader (and sometimes even Adobe reader). I read and annotate my pdfs in either Preview (mac) or PDFXChange Viewer (Windows). In either program if I open a ClearScan Pdf, I can copy and paste text and the pasted text displays correctly. As soon as I save the pdf in that program, however, I can no longer correctly copy and paste the text - the text pastes like this: "␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣".
As you suggested, I tried to check that the font was embedding properly by going to the PDF Optimizer. Under the Fonts section, the 'embedded fonts' box is empty. Should there be fonts in this box? I also tried using the Touch Up Text Tool, and opened the properties. The Text tab shows a drop-down box called 'Font', and the indicated font is called 'Fd3029', but underneath that the permissions say 'no system font available'. Is that a problem, or is that how it is supposed to be? The 'embed' box is checked, but grayed out.
By the way, I emailed a sample ClearScan pdf to the technical support people at PDFXChange viewer, and they said the problem is that the file "does not contain ToUnicode information and therefore text cannot be found". Is that an error that occurred when ClearScanning or saving in Adobe, and is there anything I can do to avoid this?
I appreciate any help you can give me! Thank you
~Katherine
I think I may be having a similar problem. I've noticed that my ClearScan pdfs get messed up if I save them using a non-Adobe pdf reader (and sometimes even Adobe reader). I read and annotate my pdfs in either Preview (mac) or PDFXChange Viewer (Windows). In either program if I open a ClearScan Pdf, I can copy and paste text and the pasted text displays correctly. As soon as I save the pdf in that program, however, I can no longer correctly copy and paste the text - the text pastes like this: "␣␣␣␣␣ ␣␣␣".
As you suggested, I tried to check that the font was embedding properly by going to the PDF Optimizer. Under the Fonts section, the 'embedded fonts' box is empty. Should there be fonts in this box? I also tried using the Touch Up Text Tool, and opened the properties. The Text tab shows a drop-down box called 'Font', and the indicated font is called 'Fd3029', but underneath that the permissions say 'no system font available'. Is that a problem, or is that how it is supposed to be? The 'embed' box is checked, but grayed out.
By the way, I emailed a sample ClearScan pdf to the technical support people at PDFXChange viewer, and they said the problem is that the file "does not contain ToUnicode information and therefore text cannot be found". Is that an error that occurred when ClearScanning or saving in Adobe, and is there anything I can do to avoid this?
I appreciate any help you can give me! Thank you
~Katherine
2011-05-13 03:42:27
#4
So anyone have a better solution/fix to this problem? It's May 2011 and I'm experiencing the same problem in OS X's Preview application when using PDFs with ClearScan OCR. Preview can open the file just fine but when I go to annotate it, it messes up the font and it becomes a string of garble. Is there a way to get Acrobat X to embed or use the system font for the hidden layer of OCR text?
2011-05-13 07:54:10
#5
..... So anyone have a better solution/fix to this problem?
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Do not use Preview. Use Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.
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Do not use Preview. Use Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.
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2011-05-13 08:17:46
#6
Ah okay. So there isn't a fix for this if one uses Preview. Then I may have to stick with Adobe Reader/Acrobat.
2011-05-14 04:23:35
#7
Apple Preview only supports PDF 1.4 and older versions…
:-(
:-(
Actually, the ClearScan fonts do get embedded.
Open a PDF upon which ClearScan has been performed.
Open the PDF's Document Properties. Select the Fonts tab.
All ClearScan fonts are shown as "(Embedded)".
Cross-check -
Open the TouchUp Text tool. Using it, select a text string.
Right click for the context menu. Select "Properties".
In the TouchUp Properties dialog's Text tab observe that "Embed" is checked.
If Searchable Image or Searchable Image (Exact) is used then the hidden text (OCR output) is not embedded.
With Acrobato 9 Pro or Pro Extended a Preflight fixup is available to embed fonts (including hidden text) provided the font is available on the local machine.
So, if the hidden text font is Helvetica but that is not on my local machine then the font will not be embedded.
Be well...
Be well...