About substituting for missing fonts

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About substituting for missing fonts

If a publication contains fonts that are neither on your computer nor embedded in the publication, the Windows operating system provides default substitutes for the missing fonts. In Publisher, you can then set options to temporarily or permanently substitute other fonts on your computer for the missing fonts used in the publication.

When you substitute a font in Publisher, all the text in that font is replaced by text in the substitute font. In most cases, this will cause the text to flow differently. Line breaks, column breaks, page breaks, line spacing, and hyphenation will likely change, even if the substitute font is similar to the missing font. This may significantly affect the layout of your publication.

For best results, you should avoid font substitution.

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To avoid font substitution, do one or more of the following:
  • Embed TrueType fonts in your publication. When you embed TrueType fonts, they are saved within your publication. Publications with embedded fonts can display and print text in the original fonts even if those fonts are not normally installed on the computer you are using.

    Note  Only TrueType fonts can be embedded and only if they are licensed for embedding.

  • If you're taking your publication to another computer, verify that it has the same fonts installed that you used in your publication.
  • If you used PostScript fonts in your publication and you are taking it to a commercial printer, ask them if they have the fonts you used or if they will purchase them.