To do this, go to 'File' > 'Export' > 'Adobe PDF (Print)' > 'Advanced' > 'Font' and select 'Embed All Fonts.'Ĭheck the font licensing: It's possible that the font you are using is not properly licensed, which can cause rendering issues. Here are some suggestions that might help you troubleshoot the issue:Ĭheck the font embedding settings in InDesign: Make sure that all fonts used in your document are embedded in the PDF file. Based on your description, it sounds like there may be a problem with the font rendering or embedding in the PDF file. I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing issues with printing PDFs designed in InDesign.

I don't think this is a bug per se, nor a flaw, but maybe an unfortunate side effect of a necessary evil in how a PDF with Composite TT is printed.Īttached is a revised INDD file. Of course if you WANTED ligatures and alternates, there may be no way around this.

So I turned the Ligatures off and Contextual Alternates off on all the text and made a new PDF. PDF format treats text as individual lines, so any line using a ligature uses the Custom encoding, which apparently needs to be converted to outline when printing, and any line NOT using a ligature uses standard encoding, in which case the embedded TrueType font is sent to the printer driver to be rendered, hinting intact. in this case it turns out to be the Ligatures, although Contextual Alternate glyphs also triggered it. Why CID for some of the text and not others?. Checking the font inventory in the PDF under Preflight, sure enough, the text that got outlined was this second instance and not the un-outlined text. So, looking at the embedded fonts, there are two listings for each font: one with normal ANSI (in this case TrueType) encoding and another for CID Identity-H Custom (Composite TrueType). It does not affect high-resolution output. It should be noted, this 'effect' only occurs on lower resolution output. some of the text, but NOT ALL was force-outlined when printed, causing the difference in 'boldness' due to some text being hinted and the outlined text not being hinted. I was testing the file and deleted all the background items so all that was left was text made a new PDF. Nor is it the colour of the text (although, YES, change that to 100K immediately.) It's not the Transparency items after all.

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