Crazy Font Issue Saving Book as PDF (Standard Setting in Distiller)

[Nathan_Anderson]

I've been trying to track down a crazy font issue all day when exporting my book as a PDF.

When I open FrameMaker, I see the following error each time:

I also see missing font errors in the FrameMaker Console:

And the framemaker book files are not missing fonts:

This is the output I see when I view the PDF:

Please help, as this is running me in to the ground.

Thanks,

Nathan

[Arnis_Gubins · Accepted solution]

It looks like you've used Printer fonts.

In FM, you need to set your default printer to the AdobePDF printer instance (get Sundorne's SetPrint freebie utility for this).

http://sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm

[Nathan_Anderson]

Thank you. I am not sure what or how the "Printer Fonts" were set. I ended up just making "AdobePDF" the default printer. I appreciate the help on this one. You saved the day.

Nathan

[Bob_Niland]

I concur with Arnis. On the Windows platform, Frame constrains itself to the capabilities of the currently configured printer.

For full access to typography, you need to have a real or virtual PostScript printer configured, and if real, at least a Level 2 color PostScript printer.

I'm a bit surprised it's apparently possible to Save-As or Print-To PDF with a non-Ps printer currently configured. This would simply fail (or worse) in older versions of FM.

For more see: Generic / Text Only printer crashes FM10