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I have to submit a resume as part of a college application, and I have to do so as a PDF file online. I work primarily with a Mac, but I my resume uses Cambria and Calibri, both part of Office 2007.

If I export this document as a PDF in Pages, will it be compatible with computers that do not have these fonts installed?

Thanks.

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— PDFs can and often do carry the actual font data so a machine that does not have Cambria or Calibri still renders the page exactly. As pointed out, whether the fonts are embedded depends on how you create the PDF, and as noted, missing fonts can be substituted (sometimes showing odd glyphs). The straightforward way to be sure: export the file from Pages, open the resulting PDF in Adobe Reader or Acrobat and check File > Properties > Fonts. The list should show Cambria and Calibri with "Embedded" or "Embedded Subset" next to them.

If they are not embedded, try a different PDF route (Pages Export to PDF vs Print > Save as PDF), or create the PDF with an app that exposes embedding controls (Word/Acrobat/Distiller). If embedding still fails, two safe fallbacks are (1) use a common PDF-friendly font (Times/Helvetica) so embedding isn’t needed, or (2) convert text to outlines to lock the appearance — note that outlines are non-selectable and can break resume parsers and accessibility. Embedding increases file size, but most tools subset fonts (embed only used glyphs) to keep PDFs small.

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First of all Do not Post support questions here (as per rule of Daniweb).

May be that fonts converted if those computers does not have that fonts or if its fails then its shows only junk character like small squares..

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Depending on what program you use for making the pdf, the fonts can be included.

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