LaTeX Tips
-Posted 2007-05-22.
+Posted 2007-05-22; updated 2021-07-01.
+Note that these instructions are over a decade old. Some things may have changed since then. :)
Embedding fonts in PDFs
To check whether fonts are embedded, use pdffonts, which is included with xpdf. pdffonts gives output that looks like this:
$ pdffonts paper.pdf -name type emb sub uni object ID +name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- --------- -FHQIOS+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi Type 1 yes yes no 6 0 -NEESMN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu Type 1 yes yes no 9 0 -PJQNOS+CMSY10 Type 1 yes yes no 12 0 +FHQIOS+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi Type 1 yes yes no 6 0 +NEESMN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu Type 1 yes yes no 9 0 +PJQNOS+CMSY10 Type 1 yes yes no 12 0
You want emb to be yes for all fonts (and possibly sub as well; also, all fonts should be Type 1, not Type 3). By default in Ubuntu, pdflatex should embed all fonts. Just in case, you can check /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg, which should have a line like this:
pdftexDownloadBase14 true
If it’s set to false, change it to true, then run update-updmap as root. Remake the PDF; if it still has non-embedded fonts, your figures are probably to blame. Check your PDF figures and make sure their fonts are embedded (using the pdffonts command). For anything that doesn’t have embedded fonts, you can try the following magical invocation (all on one line):
gs -dSAFER -dNOPLATFONTS -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true -sOutputFile=figures/Mprime-new.pdf -f figures/Mprime.pdf +If it’s set to
+false, change it totrue, then runupdate-updmapas root. Remake the PDF; if it still has non-embedded fonts, your figures are probably to blame. Check your PDF figures and make sure their fonts are embedded (using thepdffontscommand). For anything that doesn’t have embedded fonts, you can try the following magical invocation:diff --git a/feed.atom b/feed.atom index fb33e24..00a416e 100644 --- a/feed.atom +++ b/feed.atom @@ -18,22 +18,26 @@gs -dSAFER -dNOPLATFONTS -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ +-sPAPERSIZE=letter -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer \ +-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true \ +-dEmbedAllFonts=true -sOutputFile=figures/Mprime-new.pdf -f figures/Mprime.pdfLaTeX Tips - Posted 2007-05-22.
+Posted 2007-05-22; updated 2021-07-01.
+Note that these instructions are over a decade old. Some things may have changed since then. :)
Embedding fonts in PDFs
To check whether fonts are embedded, use
pdffonts, which is included withxpdf.pdffontsgives output that looks like this:$ pdffonts paper.pdf -name type emb sub uni object ID +name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- --------- -FHQIOS+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi Type 1 yes yes no 6 0 -NEESMN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu Type 1 yes yes no 9 0 -PJQNOS+CMSY10 Type 1 yes yes no 12 0 +FHQIOS+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi Type 1 yes yes no 6 0 +NEESMN+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu Type 1 yes yes no 9 0 +PJQNOS+CMSY10 Type 1 yes yes no 12 0You want
embto beyesfor all fonts (and possiblysubas well; also, all fonts should be Type 1, not Type 3). By default in Ubuntu, pdflatex should embed all fonts. Just in case, you can check/etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg, which should have a line like this:-
pdftexDownloadBase14 trueIf it’s set to
-false, change it totrue, then runupdate-updmapas root. Remake the PDF; if it still has non-embedded fonts, your figures are probably to blame. Check your PDF figures and make sure their fonts are embedded (using thepdffontscommand). For anything that doesn’t have embedded fonts, you can try the following magical invocation (all on one line):gs -dSAFER -dNOPLATFONTS -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true -sOutputFile=figures/Mprime-new.pdf -f figures/Mprime.pdf +If it’s set to
+false, change it totrue, then runupdate-updmapas root. Remake the PDF; if it still has non-embedded fonts, your figures are probably to blame. Check your PDF figures and make sure their fonts are embedded (using thepdffontscommand). For anything that doesn’t have embedded fonts, you can try the following magical invocation:gs -dSAFER -dNOPLATFONTS -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ +-sPAPERSIZE=letter -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer \ +-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true \ +-dEmbedAllFonts=true -sOutputFile=figures/Mprime-new.pdf -f figures/Mprime.pdf