How To Embed Fonts In Excel

Some time ago when I was pretty new to the publishing game I received a print-ready leaflet from our designer. I had to do a final proof read of the document before sending it off to the printer and on doing this I noticed a misplaced apostrophe. I opened the application the designer had used to produce the leaflet with the intention of simply deleting the unwanted punctuation mark, but, try as I might, I could not highlight any of the text. With my frustration getting the better of me I rang the designer for help. She told me that the reason I couldn't alter the leaflet was that the font had been embedded. I was none the wiser, so she gave me a brief outline of what this meant and it all became clear. Having said that, embedding fonts is a fairly broad and complex subject, but here are some of the basics, and how they relate to Microsoft Excel.

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