4 Replies Latest reply: Dec 7, 2012 1:02 PM by Larry G. Schneider RSS

    Awesome Tip for editing a PDF when you don't have the fonts

    TwitchOSX Community Member

      Needed to do this yesterday and looked online and found out how to edit a PDF file in Illustrator when you don't have the fonts. This is a godsend and thought others might benefit from it if they don't know about it.

       

      Problem: You get a PDF file from somebody and when you try to open it in Illustrator, the PDF is using fonts that you don't have so it substitutes the fonts and screws everything up.

       

      Solution: Create a new Illustrator document the size of the PDF.

       

      Place the PDF into the Illustrator document.

       

      While the PDF is selected, go to Object menu / Flatten Transparency

       

      In there, make sure"Convert All Test to Outlines" IS checked.

       

      Click OK and there you go, everything is converted to outlines, including the fonts and you can do with it what you want.

       

       

      Enjoy!