

To make sure that all fonts are included when exporting your artwork as PDF, go to the Advanced tab in the Export window of InDesign.

InDesign will automatically embed all fonts when exporting the file provided that this is permitted by the vendor’s licensing conditions. Downloaded web fonts usually contain licensing information as a text file. Embedding increases the size of your artwork file only slightly but allows all fonts to be displayed correctly.Ī font can be embedded only if this is permitted by the font vendor.

So the font is locally available on the print shop’s computer for the time that the document is opened.

What happens when embedding fonts?īasically, embedding fonts ensures that all the font information used for your document is stored in the PDF file. To avoid delays and make sure your order is processed smoothly, you can embed the fonts before uploading the print-ready files when exporting the artwork from programs such as InDesign. If we don’t find the fonts used in our database and are therefore unable to embed them, we will contact you. When we receive artwork where fonts are not embedded, we try to embed the fonts automatically. Onlineprinters has a huge collection of different fonts. As a result, the artwork may print incorrectly. When you upload your artwork PDF file to a print shop, the latter might not have the same fonts that you used. When creating artwork, you usually pick a font for your project, position the text in this font in your document and finally export the finished project as a PDF. A similar effect can occur in artwork documents where fonts are not embedded. But after sending the document, e.g., to a colleague, everything in your document suddenly looks totally different because the fonts have been substituted automatically. And you have surely encountered the following problem also in programs such as Word or PowerPoint: You invest a great deal of time and effort into creating a proper and visually appealing document. You probably have a wide variety of fonts installed on your computer such as the classic Helvetica typeface or decorative cursive fonts for any occasion.
