------------------------------------- For checking the fonts in a PDF file ------------------------------------- 1) Open file in Adobe Acrobat or Reader 2) Click on the "File" menu option 3) Click on "Properties" 4) Click on the "Fonts" tab. Make sure to "List All Fonts" to see all the fonts. 5) *NOTE* Each font listed should have "(Embedded) or "(Embedded Subset)" next to the font name 6) *NOTE* Each font should be of Type I Alternatively, users with a command-line preference can use pdffonts as suggested at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/614619/how-to-find-out-which-fonts-are-referenced-and-which-are-embedded-in-a-pdf-docum --------------------- For converting to PDF --------------------- For LaTeX users, please consult ACM's FAQ item number 14: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/sigfaq#a14 (We have had the most success with the command: "dvips -t letter -Pdownload35 -o .ps .dvi") For Word users, the ACM Digital Library's optimal distiller settings file ACM.joboptions is at: http://www.acm.org/publications/ACM.joboptions Use the acm.joboptions distiller settings as the default distiller 1) Open distiller and click on settings 2) Choose "Add Adobe PDF Settings" 3) Choose the ACM.joboptions file; save 4) Change the default setting option to "ACM"; exit distiller OR 1) Click on the Word Acrobat tab at the top of the window. 2) Click on the Preferences option; the Acrobat PDFMaker window should appear. 3) On the Settings tab, click on the Advanced Settings link 4) You are now in the Acrobat Distiller settings window. 5) In the General tab, the resolution should be set to 600 DPI. Both Embedded thumbnails and Optimize for fast web view should be checked 6) On the Images tab, Downsample should be off for all image types 7) On the Fonts tab, both Embed all fonts and Subset embedded fonts when percent of characters used is less than 100% 8) No other options need to be saved, so you can press OK 9) Proceed to create the PDF.