Fonts not embedding while converting to PDF

Ghitulescu · 03-04-2021, 12:37 PM

This is not another "Why do you convert to PDF, it's such a loser format" and the like. There are legitime needs, like printing

After experiencing some crashes which forced me to test other versions, I noticed that version 4.2 and I assume all others appear NOT to embed any font that is NOT registered with windows.

My fonts are ALREADY in the epub, and many are not in the Fonts folder. The epub displays correctly in calibre, its viewer and in ADE - so fonts are "known" to calibre.

The forum appears to be silent on this.

Is there any solution to this?

Doitsu · 03-04-2021, 12:49 PM

You might want to give the Prince PDF plugin a try.

Ghitulescu · 03-04-2021, 01:41 PM

It's only strange because the older version I was using on an older PC had no problem at all, neither on w7, w8.1 nor w10 (all 64b).

kovidgoyal · 03-04-2021, 09:50 PM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=186697

Ghitulescu · 03-05-2021, 04:40 AM

As I said, I had no troubles with older versions, under exactly the same conditions, so the behaviour has changed during these upgrades.

Not a single font which was not in C:\windows\fonts was embedded in the PDF. The font was embedded and correctly referred in the epub. That means one has to install the fonts on that computer - which raises the issue of legality and stuff, if the computer is someone else's (work, friend, internet café etc.).
The "error" message was sort of Font xyz was not embedded or similar. It was not an error, it was between a warning and an information. An error message means that the conversion should stop. A warning message means the conversion continues but the result might be different.

Anyway, since I have more than one version, as I have more than one computer, the problem is not grave, the solution being to use the old 2.50 version for converting to PDF.

I am not criticising anybody, just trying to find out a solution for a better conversion (what I like on the new to me version 4.2 was that one can set the margins for PDF separately than those for epub, which is a nice thing)

03-04-2021, 12:37 PM	#1
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	Fonts not embedding while converting to PDF This is not another "Why do you convert to PDF, it's such a loser format" and the like. There are legitime needs, like printing After experiencing some crashes which forced me to test other versions, I noticed that version 4.2 and I assume all others appear NOT to embed any font that is NOT registered with windows. My fonts are ALREADY in the epub, and many are not in the Fonts folder. The epub displays correctly in calibre, its viewer and in ADE - so fonts are "known" to calibre. The forum appears to be silent on this. Is there any solution to this?

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03-04-2021, 12:49 PM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,584 Karma: 22735033 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	You might want to give the Prince PDF plugin a try.

03-04-2021, 01:41 PM	#3
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	It's only strange because the older version I was using on an older PC had no problem at all, neither on w7, w8.1 nor w10 (all 64b).

03-04-2021, 09:50 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=186697

03-05-2021, 04:40 AM	#5
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	As I said, I had no troubles with older versions, under exactly the same conditions, so the behaviour has changed during these upgrades. Not a single font which was not in C:\windows\fonts was embedded in the PDF. The font was embedded and correctly referred in the epub. That means one has to install the fonts on that computer - which raises the issue of legality and stuff, if the computer is someone else's (work, friend, internet café etc.). The "error" message was sort of Font xyz was not embedded or similar. It was not an error, it was between a warning and an information. An error message means that the conversion should stop. A warning message means the conversion continues but the result might be different. Anyway, since I have more than one version, as I have more than one computer, the problem is not grave, the solution being to use the old 2.50 version for converting to PDF. I am not criticising anybody, just trying to find out a solution for a better conversion (what I like on the new to me version 4.2 was that one can set the margins for PDF separately than those for epub, which is a nice thing)

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