Adobe 8

mrhaun03mrhaun03 Member Posts: 359
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A couple clients of mine are creating reports that are .PDF files. They are being created from a specific website. When trying to open the pdf files, this error pops up "Cannot extract the embedded font 'F0'. Some characters may not display or print correctly." I click OK and the file opens but with no data. This same pdf will open just fine with Adobe 6. The creators of the website say it's Adobe 8 and to use an older version.

I seen a few websites talking about this when I searched Google, but none of them really had a solution. A couple had suggestions which didn't work. Anyone seen this before?

BTW, they're running XP SP2.
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  • JDMurrayJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,089 Admin
    Do you know what program is being used to create the PDF files? There are many "PDF Printing" applications that do not produce 100% compliant PDF files, and maybe the PDF creation program is not exporting its font information correctly.

    I'm using Adobe Reader 8 on several WinXP and one Vista computers and have had no problems opening even very old PDF files--even ones that AR6 wouldn't open. If it is a bug in AR8 it's likely that Adobe already knows about it, but I think it's more likely the PDF creation program needs its font export configuration tweaked.
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  • mrhaun03mrhaun03 Member Posts: 359
    I checked Adobe's site and couldn't find anything regarding my issue. Although, I did find a couple other forums with the same problem but no solution.

    I'm also running a few machines with XP SP2 and Adobe 8 and haven't had a problem with them...yet. I did try to open the PDF on an identical machine and I got the same error message. I thought it might be something with permissions or the settings but haven't found anything.
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  • JDMurrayJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,089 Admin
    Yeah, I think the fix will be changing the configuration of the program that creates the PDF file rather than a patch to AR8.
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  • mrhaun03mrhaun03 Member Posts: 359
    jdmurray wrote:
    Yeah, I think the fix will be changing the configuration of the program that creates the PDF file rather than a patch to AR8.

    The weird thing is that the file opens fine with an older version of Adobe(5 & 6).
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  • JDMurrayJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,089 Admin
    AR8 is more strict than AR 5, 6 and maybe 7 too.

    Just for grins, download and install Foxit and see if it has a problem with the same PDF files.
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