How to Embed Fonts Into Your Word DocumentBrian Hawthorn

www.tshirtscanada.com

Frequently we receive requests for a t-shirt quote and the image and text is created inMicrosoft Word. This can be an issue if your custom T-shirt design contains particular fontsand they are important to your design and the fonts are not embedded in your file.

For example, let’s say that you used the font . Now if I don’t have

on my computer the font will instead display as Thickhead or

Thickhead, defaulting to a common font on my computer.

There are thousands of available fonts and I have more than 10,000 on my computer (theyaren’t all active). Now since I wouldn’t have any reference point as to how your documentshould look, I wouldn’t know whether the image you sent me looks the same on my computeras it does on yours. (We always send a proof for your confirmation just to be sure).

However there is a very easy solution. You embed the font into your Word document so thefont information is contained in your file. This is actually quite easy to do. You would do thiswhile you are working in Word. This example was done in Word 2003.

How to Embed True Type Fonts into a Word Document:

1. On the toolbar at the top select the Tools menu2. Click Options

3. Then click the Save tab

4. Select the Embed TrueType fonts check box. Leave the “Embed characters in useonly” and “Do not embed common system fonts” unchecked5. Then click OK

6. Save the document.

Your document will now show up looking the same on any computer.