This is due to how Word create PDF files. It will rasterize rather than embed "no embedding" fonts and non-TrueType fonts. It was never ment for this kind of work anyway. If you have the budget for a graphic designer, I’d be happy to typeset the document for you. Feel free to contact me! Other options: try Cute PDF Writer or MakePDF.

Try opening your Word generated doc in Mac's Text Edit program then save as PDF-may solve problem Frank mentioned.

You’re using Word to generate the PDF? Can’t you just use your Mac’s Print > Save as PDF function? That should embed the Minion instead of rasterizing it.

> Can’t you just use your Mac’s Print > Save as PDF function?

I often use that method if I need a quick PDF and don't want to bother launching Acrobat, but one disadvantage is there's no way to control the quality of the PDF's graphics when you make it that way. However that may not be a problem for you since you mentioned your PDFs are usually just text.

Hi all,

I tried giving 'Print to Adobe PDF' a go and my file size is now down to under 1mb... thankfully! I think the reason I gave up on 'Print to Adobe PDF' in the past was because it kept crashing, but now that problem seems to have been resolved.

Minion Pro has editable embedding. The Adobe website says so, and I confirmed it with my installed Minion fonts using the Microsoft font property extension. I just PDF'd a Word document (on Windows) with over 10,000 words and no graphics using the "Convert to Adobe PDF" plugin in Word and it came out 14 KB. If I printed the Word document to a .ps file and distilled that, it came out 46 KB. This is not a Word problem (unless there's something in the Word document that hasn't been mentioned -- for instance, is track changes turned on, or do you have versions?). More likely, Distiller is set up wrong.