Fonts

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The Microsoft Free Font Properties Extension Utility allows you to determine the licensing status of a font. For more information about the utility, go to the Microsoft Font Properties Extension Utility link on the Web Resources page at https://windows.microsoft.com/windows2000/reskit/webresources .

To View Font Embedding Rights with the Microsoft Free Font Properties Extension Utility

  1. Click a font, click File , and then click Properties .

  2. Click the Embedding tab.

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You must have the Microsoft Free Font Properties Extension Utility installed on your computer, or the Embedding tab will not be available.

Foundries permit different degrees of embedding for their fonts. To find out what sort of embedding is permitted, use the Microsoft Free Font Properties Extension Utility. The levels of embedding are described in Table 16.2.

Table 16.2 Font Embedding Levels

Font Embeddability

Description of Possible Settings

Installable embedding allowed.

Fonts can be embedded in documents and permanently installed on the remote system.

Editable embedding allowed.

Fonts can be embedded in documents, but must only be installed temporarily on the remote system.

Print & preview embedding allowed.

Fonts can be embedded in documents, but must only be installed temporarily on the remote system. Documents can only be opened as read-only.

Restricted license embedding. No Embedding allowed.

Fonts cannot be embedded in a document.