7 Replies Latest reply: Dec 3, 2010 6:53 AM by P Spier RSS

    Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF

    Green4ever Community Member

      Hi

       


      The PDF generated from CS4 document is having font problem when it is viewed in Acrobat 5. However it is fine when it is viewed in Acrobat 9. Can anyone suggest what is cause for this....

      The same indesign file is converted to CS5 document and down converted to CS3, and both gives perfect result.

       

      Note: Font corruption occurs in art file.(.eps file).... Font is perfectly embeded in art and it is fine when it is directly exported as pdf.

       

      Thanks in advance.....

      Green

        • 1. Re: Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF
          P Spier CommunityMVP

          I don't understand the question, I'm afreaid, and I supect maybe nobody else does, either, since you've had no response.

           

          Maybe a screen shot or two would help? you can embed them in the post by using the camera icon:

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          • 2. Re: Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF
            Green4ever Community Member

            Hi

             

             

            Here are the images, that are having problem.

            The same file if i am doing in CS3 or CS5, It will give correct fonts.....

             

            Picture 3.png

            Picture 1.png

            Picture 2.png

            • 3. Re: Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF
              P Spier CommunityMVP

              First, are you using the exact same settings in CS5 as in CS3 and CS4?

               

              Those look like .eps files generated by one of the math plugins. I have no experience with those, but recall reading other posts here about changing the font in the plugin. It might also be worthwhile changing the format to something other than .eps. If you have Illustrator and they open OK there, I'd resave as native .ai or as PDF and use that instead of the .eps.

              • 4. Re: Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF
                Green4ever Community Member

                Hi

                 

                Yes i'm using the same settings for all the versions. In Acrobat 9 version it is looking fine. But if i'm viewing in lower versions it looks like fonts are corrupted.

                 

                If I'm opening that in Illustrator, it is ok. And also it is fine when i'm converting the .eps file directly into PDF format. However problem occurs only in the CS4 version..

                • 5. Re: Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF
                  P Spier CommunityMVP

                  Just to clarify, I meant the same export settings in ID, not view settings in Acrobat.

                   

                  If making a PDF directly from the .eps is working, I would recommend doing that and placing the PDF instead. ID has much better ability to work with placed PDF than .eps.

                  • 6. Re: Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF
                    Green4ever Community Member


                    Hi Peter Spier,

                     

                    Yes I am using the same export setting in all ID versions. I am also doing the same (Converting the .eps file into PDF and then placing it in Indesign). But I need to know the source of this error...

                     

                     

                    Thank u very much for your valuable time...

                    • 7. Re: Insdesign CS4 Font problem in export PDF
                      P Spier CommunityMVP

                      I'm sorry, you've just confused me a little. Is the text missing from placed PDFs or from placed .eps, or from both?

                       

                      I can't tell you why there is a problem, but my guess would be that there is something in the program that is making the original .eps or the font in use that is not embedding correctly, and that the code for interpreting the file has changed in CS4 so whatever the base problem might be, ID is no longer able to see the correct glyph. I don't think there is anything inside InDesign that you can do to fix this directly.

                       

                      I think I mentioned earlier that there were other threads about working with equations from MathType and InMath and how other users have worked around similar problems. Do you equtions come from one of these programs? Have you looked at any of these other threads?