Not embedded

Allows you to check the embedding of the fonts in the document. Fonts can be:

Embedded
Embedded as a subset
Only embedded when they cannot be emulated.

Embedding fonts in a PDF document means that every character of this font is copied and stored in the PDF document. This is useful if you create PDF documents to be displayed on different systems and to be printed on different devices: these are often system that do not contain exactly the same fonts. Also, if a font has been embedded, you can still edit the text in the PDF file that uses the font in question, even though the font has not been installed on your computer.

Note: Starting in Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and PitStop Pro 6.0 and later, you can only edit text using a font that is installed on your system, regardless of its embedding.

Embedding a font as a subset means that only those characters of the font that are actually used in the text are embedded.

Some fonts can be emulated by Adobe Acrobat for on-screen viewing. This means that if the font is unavailable on your system Adobe Acrobat can re-create the font visually, even though it has not been embedded. If you are certain the document only needs to be viewed on-screen, and will not be printed, fonts that can be emulated do not need to be embedded.

Note: Embedding one entire standard font increases PDF file size by approximately 30k to 40k for Type 1 fonts, and more for TrueType fonts.

How to proceed?

Select the appropriate option:

Ignore 14 standard PDF fonts: the 14 fonts that are automatically installed with Adobe Acrobat are not taken into account by the Preflight Profile.
Ignore fonts that can be emulated: all fonts that can be emulated by Adobe Acrobat for on-screen viewing are not taken into account by the Preflight Profile.
Ignore fonts outside (page box): fonts used only for text that lies outside the page box of your choice (i.e. that will not be visible in print anyway) are ignored by the Preflight Profile.

Possible fixes

You can embed the detected fonts, either completely or as a subset.