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Lokideviluk
01-07-2005, 07:43 AM
Hi guys,
Bit of a difficult one this, Ive got a PDF document and i want the fonts embedded in it, but i have no idea how to get them out.
Any ideas?
LionelHutz
01-07-2005, 03:40 PM
Is it a PDF created from a scan, or one generated from the original document, like a Word document converted to PDF? If it's a scan, forget it. If it's a conversion, it is possible to convert the document back to a Word doc or text, but it's unreliable, difficult, and expensive. My former employer had many large computers that were dedicated to doing just that, and it still didn't work that great. And on top of all of that, I don't know if the font would convert back or just the text. I guess what I'm saying is, you probably can't afford it. :)
Lokideviluk
01-08-2005, 07:22 AM
Lol no i cant forget it :( Once i have something, i never let the computer win. I can decompile the whole thing and route around, then i have to covert the pdf file (which is pretty easy considering theres so many converters around) then its down to finding the exact code to which is the font, extracting that and recompiling as a TrueType font.
Yeh ugh shouldnt be too hard then :(