Embed a font in a PDF without making it huge

Kosst Amojan · 11-18-2009, 03:16 PM

So I'm trying to format an book using Word '07 and I want to export it as a PDF. I've done this several times, no problems. I wanted to try something different though and embed the Adobe Garamond font. It worked but the resulting file was 230mb. I tried it again with Times New Roman and the file turned out at 7mb (it's 4,000 pages) which is fine.

So is there any way I can embed the fonts I want without making such a huge file?

frabjous · 11-19-2009, 05:59 PM

Holy cow, it added 223 MB? I can't see that would have happened. Even if you were using the most advanced version of Adobe Garamond Pro and embedding nearly every character from every font variant (Roman, bold, italic, bold-italic, etc.), I still wouldn't imagine it adding nearly that much.

Suffice it to say, this is not normal.

Anyway, how are you making these PDFs? Are you doing subset embedding or embedding the whole fonts? Using what software?

Kosst Amojan · 11-20-2009, 01:11 AM

Yeah I know, like I said I'm using Word '07 and I don't believe it embeds the entire font. Considering this is a 4 thousand page file, I don't know.

frabjous · 11-21-2009, 01:54 AM

Do you have Acrobat Pro or similar program that allows you to print to PDF? Have you tried doing it that way rather than converting through Word? Does it make a difference?

If your file would survive exporting to HTML from Word, I might try doing that, and then using PrinceXML to convert to PDF... at least just to compare the resulting size.

Kosst Amojan · 11-21-2009, 12:34 PM

I use foxit instead but got only a slightly smaller file, I try this PrinceXML

11-18-2009, 03:16 PM	#1
Kosst Amojan Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 19597 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Embed a font in a PDF without making it huge So I'm trying to format an book using Word '07 and I want to export it as a PDF. I've done this several times, no problems. I wanted to try something different though and embed the Adobe Garamond font. It worked but the resulting file was 230mb. I tried it again with Times New Roman and the file turned out at 7mb (it's 4,000 pages) which is fine. So is there any way I can embed the fonts I want without making such a huge file?

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11-19-2009, 05:59 PM	#2
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	Holy cow, it added 223 MB? I can't see that would have happened. Even if you were using the most advanced version of Adobe Garamond Pro and embedding nearly every character from every font variant (Roman, bold, italic, bold-italic, etc.), I still wouldn't imagine it adding nearly that much. Suffice it to say, this is not normal. Anyway, how are you making these PDFs? Are you doing subset embedding or embedding the whole fonts? Using what software?

11-20-2009, 01:11 AM	#3
Kosst Amojan Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 19597 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Yeah I know, like I said I'm using Word '07 and I don't believe it embeds the entire font. Considering this is a 4 thousand page file, I don't know.

11-21-2009, 01:54 AM	#4
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	Do you have Acrobat Pro or similar program that allows you to print to PDF? Have you tried doing it that way rather than converting through Word? Does it make a difference? If your file would survive exporting to HTML from Word, I might try doing that, and then using PrinceXML to convert to PDF... at least just to compare the resulting size.

11-21-2009, 12:34 PM	#5
Kosst Amojan Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 19597 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	I use foxit instead but got only a slightly smaller file, I try this PrinceXML

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