For the record, I answer my own question. To force inclusion of all characters of a font, one can use the following macro: {\catcode`\^^@=11 \gdef\pdfincludefont#1{ \begingroup \font\f=#1 \pdfincludechars\f{^^@} \count10=1 \loop \ifnum\count10<256 \lccode`\!=\count10 \lowercase{\pdfincludechars\f{!}} \advance\count10by1 \repeat \endgroup }} Gregory