Fonts and formatting

Why does my PDF look different on another computer?

Updated 2026-09-17 · 2 min read

Some of its fonts were referenced rather than embedded, so each machine substitutes whatever it has.

Line lengths shift, spacing changes, and occasionally the layout breaks entirely.

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Embed every font when exporting. If you only have the PDF, editing the affected text with a properly embedded face fixes it for good.

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