[pdftex] How to get pdflatex to embed and subset ALL fonts?

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 06:48:53AM +0000, Elzbieta Roszkowska wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Please take a look below. This is an excerpt from the IEEE Xplore requirements 
> for preparing a conference paper to be included in their archives (for those 
> who don't know, the IEEE is a mighty international society of Electric and 
> Electronic Engineers):
> 
> "The most important issue that every author shall pay attention to is to
> make sure that all the fonts used in your papers are EMBEDDED and
> SUBSETTED, especially for papers from Asia and Europe. The "IEEE PDF
> File Preparation Guide for IEEE Xplore" details the steps for you to
> check and to make sure that all fonts used are embedded and subsetted.
> Failure to embed and subset fonts is the biggest obstacle to PDF
> compliance with IEEE Xplore and please make sure that your PDF files are
> compliant with IEEE Xplore. Papers failing to meet the IEEE Xplore PDF
> requirements may be rejected." 
> 
> In fact, as I've learnt lately, papers failing to meet these not only MAY but 
> WILL be rejected. In spite of all my efforts I can't get pdflatex to embed 
> Times* and Courier fonts. I have a feeling that it can't be done at all (?), 
> as they are among the 14 standard fonts required to be available in all PDF 
> viewer applications. Thus there was simply no need for such an option. 
> Am I right?  
> 
> If no, then how can I embed+subset all fonts??? It's urgent!  Thanks in 
> advance!
> 
> If yes, then in view of the IEEE Xplore requirements, the creators of pdflatex 
> might like (and are kindly requested! ) to think of introducing that option.
> 
> Elzbieta Roszkowska

The web2c directory of a texlive/tetex TeX distribution contains a
file updmap.cfg. Check that the line `pdftexDownloadBase14 false' is
commented out and the line `pdftexDownloadBase14' is uncommented and
(re)run updmap.

Alternatively, let dvips/config/pdftex.map point to or be a copy of
pdftex_dl14.map or specify pdftex_dl14.map as mapfile in pdftex.cfg.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg
siepo at cybercomm.nl