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table fsType eld settings that are possible, and how they control the extent to which fonts
are embedded.
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CIDFont and OpenType embedding permissionsTable 12-12.
fsType/FSType Meaning
0 Installable embedding
2 Restricted license embedding
4 Print and preview embedding
8 Editable embedding
In other words, an fsType value of is the most liberal setting, allowing the font to be
installed, and a value of 2 is the most restrictive, denying the embedding of the font.
From a practical point of view, when dealing with TrueType fonts with large glyph sets or
CID-keyed fonts, to include OpenType fonts with CID-keyed CFFs, there is no functional
dierence between the values 4 and 8. Only smaller name-keyed fonts have the ability to
embed to PDF in their entirety, regardless to what extent their glyphs are referenced. e
value of 8 is useful when you want to edit the PDF and use a character that is not yet ref-
erenced in the document, but for which there is a corresponding glyph in the embedded
font. Given that larger fonts are always subsetted prior to embedding, it is clear that there
is no functional dierence between the values 4 and 8 for this class of font.
Unless you can guarantee that all people who display or print your PDF le have the exact
same fonts used to create it, which also means these people will have the same versions
of the fonts, embedding ...