User Guide

FontLab 4
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Font Embedding
These settings control how the font may be embedded into documents.
Embedding is a feature of the Windows operating system and some
applications that allow programs to include fonts into documents to
guarantee that they will be reproduced correctly. However, this feature
may cause problems with font piracy. It is not very hard to extract
embedded fonts from a document, so the TrueType font format includes a
special setting that can control font embedding.
There are four types of font embedding:
Everything is allowed
After the document is opened the font works as if it
was installed in the system.
Embedding is not allowed
Embedding is not allowed for this font
Only printing and
previewing
is allowed
The font may be embedded, but editing of the
document it contains is not allowed.
Editing of the document
is allowed
The font may be embedded and the document that
contains the font may be viewed, printed and edited.
Copyright Note
We decided to allow modification of the embedding setting only because
we are sure that the users of FontLab are professionals who respect others'
rights to intellectual property. We assume that you will change the
embedding setting only in your own fonts.
You are not allowed to change this setting in fonts that were created by
somebody else. Even if according to the font license you can modify the
font for your own use, you must not “increase” the embedding rights for a
font. So if embedding is not allowed leave it as it is.