Microsoft Typography | Features... | FAQ... | TrueType font embedding
		TrueType font embedding Q What is TrueType font embedding? A For a simple explanation of TrueType font embedding see the Embedding TrueType article posted in our Features of TrueType section. Q Are there any other articles? A For an explanation of TrueType font embedding aimed at developers please see the Embedding TrueType article posted in our Developing TrueType section. Q Help! I'm having problems getting fonts to embed in my documents. A Some fonts can not be embedded. Check the embedding-level of any suspect font with Microsoft's free font properties extension. If problems persist then contact the technical support people responsible for the application that exhibits the problem. If the problem relates to a Microsoft product, the information contained in Microsoft's Technical support Web site may be of help. Q I read somewhere that type foundries are against embedding. Why is Microsoft supporting the use of this technology, when the people who make fonts are against it? A This is not the case. Most foundries support TrueType embedding technology, because it's the best way of reducing casual copying and sharing of fonts in an office environment. However, a few have exercised their right to set the embedding level of their fonts to none. Emigre are one such foundry that have chosen to do this. They give their reasons on their Web site [external link please see our disclaimer]. There is nothing to stop foundries revising their policies at any time and changing the embedding level of their fonts. This is why it's important to ask about the embedding level of any fonts that you are looking to buy. This issue is confusing for many people because embedding technology for other font formats is not as straight-forward. Unlike TrueType, the Type 1 font format does not allow foundries to encode embedding permissions within a font file. When embedding standard Type 1 fonts into portable documents you need to check the license supplied with the font or contact the foundry to see if embedding is legal. See Adobe's licensing FAQ [external link please see our disclaimer] for more details. this page was last updated 19 November 1997 © 1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of use. comments to the MST group: how to contact us
	Microsoft Typography | Features... | FAQ... | TrueType font embedding