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Re: Do fonts have to be embedded in aWCAG2.0conformingPDFdocument?

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Apr 16, 2015 2:58AM

On 16 Apr 2015, at 03:29, Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I'm not nervous about this, but seek to help clarify the issue because this thread started with Duff raising the notion and discussing whether a WCAG SC addresses this. I
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> That said, embedding the fonts avoids the issue so it is definitely the best practice for authors.


I do believe it might be a good idea if WCAG came up with provisions around availability of essential resources. The way to ensure availability of essential resources in PDF , when it comes to fonts, is to embed them. Things will be different for different technologies / file formats etc.

Or is there a provision in WCAG stating anything around 'essential resources'?

Olaf