Hi,

I'm trying to embed a font in a pdf. I want to embed it fully
(don't tell me that subset are better, I know it but I can't).

I attach my produced pdf: what is wrong with it?

Thank you for any help!

2.pdf my produced file

Yes the analyzer told me that but... what does it mean? I copied
the font descriptor style from another pdf and there it works... I
can attach also the other one!
I think it's something wrong with the font description itself, like
capheigth or some other parameter that is wrong...

Thank you for your help!

PDF-Example-Fonts.pdf example of font descriptor(s)

I checked again my font descriptor object.

I added the required "/ascent" entry. All the others compulsory
entries were ok. But it doesn't work... this is not clear to me!

3(1).pdf another try...

I get an error, but it doesn't mention glyphs. What error message do you get, exactly, and from what software and release.

Ok, I get something completely different in Acrobat. Did you try Acrobat/Reader? Anyway, there is something wrong with your color space. A color space must be an array or name, but you have a stream.

If you remove the font, does it show without error in Acrobat or Adobe Reader?

This PDF has removed both the font and the incorrect color space from the page, so there will be no error...

It doesn't matter whether the object is still in the PDF. Nothing checks this.

What matters is the reference to the colorspace through a cs or CS operator in the page. You have removed this, so there is no error.

I never had a "glyph not consistent" error in Acrobat.
I tried several versions.

Acrobat 9 shows 6.pdf with no error. The word "hello" appears.

What preflight profile do you suggest?

Ok, I think you should run the PDF/A-1b compliance check in Acrobat 9, the results are interesting and probably support what you have seen. Unfortunately, they are not very specific about part of the problem. Embedding fonts correctly is a very difficult task and does require a good understanding of the font formats as well as the PDF format. Just embedding the whole of font files and hoping for the best is what we all wish would work, but it is not a good strategy.

Also bear in mind that passing preflight does NOT mean that a PDF has no errors: it is not an error checker. It only looks for particular things in valid PDF files.

I do not understand how you can say your color space is valid, but that's something for another day. I won't argue that point with you any more.

The color space in the resources dictionary is still a stream. It needs to be an array (which references a stream). Take a look at the subsection of the PDF Reference that describes the ICCBased color space.

If you don't want a general font embedder I suggest a different approach. What I would do is use a trusted tool to create a PDF with non-subset font. Analyse the objects it adds precisely, and include the same objects and same stream byte-for-byte. (Consider licensing issues for the font you select! Using an open free font may be the simplest approach. The fonts includes with Windows are not redistributable, if your application needs to be.).

About colorspace, I found out: I was (wrongly) calling the
ICCColorstream requested in the Destination Output Profile
"colorspace". Obviously I cannot refereciate the stream as a
colorspace... do you think this is the right explanation?

Hi.

I hope someone can suggest me a good tool. In the meanwhile, I
worked on my old file trying to use a free font I downloaded from
fonts4free.
I came to a new result... now glyphs are correct but the Adobe
preflight (pdf/a-1b profile) tells me the font is not valid... any
suggestion?

Best regards.

new(1).pdf