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title: "How to embed fonts in PDF documents"
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description: "Learn to ensure your PDFs have embedded fonts for consistent rendering across devices. Follow our guide for seamless document viewing."
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# Fixing inconsistent font issues in PDFs

If your PDF document has embedded fonts, any viewer on any device should render them as expected. A PDF viewer will replace a font if the document doesn’t have it embedded and if it’s not available on the device.

Here’s how determine if your PDF document has embedded fonts:

- Open the PDF document in [Acrobat Pro](https://acrobat.adobe.com/) or [Acrobat Reader](https://get.adobe.com/reader/) (free and available on all platforms).

- Go to the **File** menu and select **Properties**, or use the **Command + D** keyboard shortcut.

- Click the **Fonts** tab.

You may see the words **Embedded Subset** (like in the example above) or just the word **Embedded**. If a subset of a font is embedded, this means only the characters used in that particular document are embedded.

Most PDF-authoring apps like [Acrobat Pro](https://acrobat.adobe.com/) support embedding fonts in a PDF document. Make sure you embed the fonts so that your document looks as expected across devices and readers.

If you’re using Document Engine and embedding fonts in every PDF isn’t possible, refer to our [custom fonts](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/features/custom-fonts.md) guide.
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