Typophile

Non-Extractable Outlines in PDF

msmiths

Is there a way to create a PDF and not have the outlines extractable? I’m not too worried about it because extracting and composing back into a workable font would be alot of work, I’m just curious about this, I’m sure it’s been discussed before.

One sure way is to turn the pdf into a picture (in Photoshop) and then save it as a pdf. It’ll lose some sharpness in the process.

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