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2010-05-26 02:35:45
chris_goodacre
Registered: Oct 22 2009
Posts: 3

Hi

I’ve recently upgraded my Acrobat 7 to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended. I have just realised there is a problem with the font spacing when I edit a word using the touchup text tool, this can be in a new PDF I create or I one created some years ago. The PDF’s are created in Framemaker that I sometimes need to edit drawing numbers or titles in a due to revisions, so the touchup text tool in v7 was ideal. In v9 I get this warning:

"Since the original font is not available, a substituted font for editing is used. Any changes to the original font will place a new font dependency upon the document."

Then after I have changed the text and saved it, random spaces between characters are displayed. All fonts (Arial, Helvetica, Times new roman, Verdana etc.) are available on the PC (created and edited on).

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.3.1, Windows
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2010-06-03 04:46:15
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
If you look in the Properties dialog under the font tab, does it say that the fonts are embedded? If not, you'll need to use the Preflight tool to embed the fonts (as long as their on your system) to them, use the Touch Up tool.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2010-06-07 05:44:12
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chris_goodacre
Registered: Oct 22 2009
Posts: 3
The actual text I wish to edit is in Verdana, the properties dialog is showing; Permissions: Can embed font.
If I use the Preflight tool the result is random character spacing. Preflight is showing Verdana: No font with the desired writing mode is present (Verdana bold & italic get embedded).
If I remove the tick from the Embed option then touchup the text, it’s OK when saved. If I leave the tick on, it embeds the font & the character spacing is lost. Is simply a matter of removing the Embed tick to allow editing?
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2010-07-07 11:29:48
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pinetec
Registered: Jul 7 2010
Posts: 1
I have a similar (but different problem). A client of mine supplies us with PDF files. Each PDF contains 3 lines at the top that specifies a conference name, location & date. Sometimes the authors use the wrong information and we need to correct it. What we do is select the text with the text editing tool, but instead of changing the text we just change the color from black to "no color" under properties and then paste a new "header" on top. Once we are done we save the file and everything looks fine. However, when we open the file again it has changed the spacing on the Arial font (which is embedded). But the strange thing is that where is changes the font is not where we've made any changes. It could be on the second page and we made the edits on page 1.This also happens even if the only thing we do is change the color of the text from black to no color.

Any ideas on why this happens?

Thanks
Michael
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2010-07-08 03:55:55
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
chris_goodacre wrote:
The actual text I wish to edit is in Verdana, the properties dialog is showing; Permissions: Can embed font.
If I use the Preflight tool the result is random character spacing. Preflight is showing Verdana: No font with the desired writing mode is present (Verdana bold & italic get embedded).
If I remove the tick from the Embed option then touchup the text, it’s OK when saved. If I leave the tick on, it embeds the font & the character spacing is lost. Is simply a matter of removing the Embed tick to allow editing?
The random spacing is occurring because you're substituting your font and not editing with the original. Then once you edit and leave the tick on, you're embedding your substituted font, which causes the problem.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2010-07-10 03:32:17
#5
thomasallen
Registered: Jul 9 2010
Posts: 1
Thanks for the sharing the solution .My problem was solved at last

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