To ensure correct output of all the fonts in the input documents, you should, if possible, embed all the fonts in the document's Postscript, EPS or PDF code on the DTP workstation. To do so, select the corresponding parameters for the printer driver when printing from the DTP application. You can find information about embedding fonts during output to a PostScript or EPS file in the documentation of the application and printer driver that are used.
If it is not possible to embed fonts or if you have documents without embedded fonts, the Normalizer will try to find the fonts required for PostScript and EPS files. This search is done in the Preflighter for PDF files.
When doing so, the Normalizer scans the following folders in a particular sequence.
1.The folder set in Font Search Folders is scanned first.
2.The font search folder that was created during installation of the Prinect software is scanned if no font search folder is defined or if a font was not found in the font search folder. This folder contains approx. 160 Adobe Type 1 fonts and is created in D:\PTConfig\SysConfig\Resources\Normalizer\fonts (D: is the drive on which the "PTConfig" folder is created).
3.The Windows fonts folder is scanned if the font is also not found in the system fonts folder, provided that the "Ignore System Font Folders" option is not enabled. The Windows fonts folder is located in C:\Windows\Fonts (with "C:\Windows" being the Windows system directory).
The following conditions are valid when embedding fonts to normalized PDF files:
•Adobe Type 1 or TrueType fonts can be embedded into a PostScript file without any problem, provided you have licenses for the fonts. An internal switch can prevent the embedding of fonts in TrueType fonts. This switch is respected by the Normalizer.
•Multiple Master fonts used a standard font to simulate a font that is not present. For that reason, they suit printing only to a certain extent. The Preflighter issues a warning or an error message if MultipleMaster fonts are used.
•OpenType fonts can not be embedded into PostScript or PDF files. If OpenType fonts are included in a document, they will be converted to Adobe Type 1 or TrueType fonts when creating PostScript or PDF files.
•OCF fonts are outdated and are not supported.
•Type32 fonts are bitmap fonts and are not supported.
•Type 3 fonts are mostly ornaments and logos with complex shapes and fills (and shadings). They use more space on the data media and more time for screening. Type 3 fonts can be embedded.
Japanese Adobe fonts that are shipped by HEIDELBERG can be embedded only if the system software is also installed in the Japanese language.
"Embed all Fonts" option
If the Normalizer has access to a font that is used in a PostScript file, this can be embedded into the normalized PDF file. Use this option to define that all available fonts are embedded into the normalized PDF document. Embedding ensures that the text is displayed in the original font and that the file can be imaged with the original fonts. The embedded fonts make the size of the PDF files bigger.
You should enable the "Embed all Fonts" option to make sure that your output is reliable.
"When Embedding Fails" list box
This is where you set how the Normalizer will react if a font to be embedded is not found when editing a document.
The following options are available:
| Cancel with error: Normalizing is aborted if a font is defined in the document but cannot be embedded. You should select this option if you wish to make sure that only documents for which all the fonts required can be embedded will be processed. |
| Continue with warning: Normalizing is still run on a document (i.e. it is converted to a PDF document) although one or more fonts cannot be embedded, but there is a risk of missing fonts. In this case, a warning is issued to point this out to the operator. |
| Ignore and continue: A font will be substituted by another font if one or more fonts cannot be embedded. |
Note: "Font substitution" means that another, similar font will be used instead of the missing font. If the RIP (Raster Image Processor) that you use has the required original font, although this font cannot be found with the Prinect Production search functions, it will be used for imaging.
"Subset Embedded Fonts" option
This option lets you define that only a subset of the character set of a font containing the characters really used in the document will be embedded and not the entire character set of the font. Enter a percentage in "If Less Than.....% Characters in Use" as of which only a subset of the character set will be used. If you enter a threshold of 35%, for example, and less than 35% of the characters are used in the document, the Normalizer will embed only the characters that are used. This can make sense for a company logo, for example, if this only uses a few characters of a font and the remainder of the character set does not have to be embedded. The embedding of subsets means that you have smaller PDF files. You should always embed the full character set if you wish to keep the option open of modifying the contents of the PDF documents after Normalizing.
Generally we recommend that you disable "Subset Embedded Fonts".
"Ignore System Font Folders" option
The Windows system font folder is excluded from the search for fonts if you check this option (default). The Windows system fonts folder is located in C:\Windows\Fonts (with "C:\Windows" being the Windows system directory). We recommend that you enable this option if there are different fonts of the same name in the system (e.g. "Helvetica") and you wish to make sure that the "Helvetica" supplied by the customer will be used and not the corresponding system font.
This is where you can define folders where the system looks for fonts that will be available for embedding in addition to the fonts installed by default with the Prinect software or to the Windows system fonts. You can use inhouse fonts or those provided by customers. Proceed as follows to define a font search folder:
1.Click "New". A new text box for a font search folder is created.
2.Click "Browse..." to open a browse dialog that by default shows the content of the "PTConfig" folder on the Prinect server. You can create a new font folder using the "Create New Folder" button. You can toggle between "PTConfig" and "PTJobs" in the "Look in:" list box. You must create the folder below one of these two folders if you wish to create the folder in the file system (Windows Explorer).
3.If there is a font folder, mark it without opening it and click "Select...". The path of the selected font folder displays in the text box.
4.A new font search folder entry is created each time you click "New". The top item in the list is browsed first.
5.You can use the "Up" and "Down" buttons to change the order if there are several items.
6.You can remove a marked item again with "Delete".
Note: You can only delete fonts from the font folders enabled for browsing when the Prinect Production services were stopped.
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