SAS System Options

FONTEMBEDDING System Option

Specifies whether font embedding is enabled in Universal Printer and SAS/GRAPH printing.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Log and procedure output control: ODS Printing
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ODSPRINT

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details

Syntax

FONTEMBEDDING | NOFONTEMBEDDING

Syntax Description

FONTEMBEDDING: specifies to enable font embedding. This is the default.
NOFONTEMBEDDING: specifies to disable font embedding.

Details

When FONTEMBEDDING is set, fonts can be embedded, or included, in the output files that are created by the Universal Printer and SAS/GRAPH. Output files with embedded fonts do not rely on fonts being installed on the computer that is used to view or print the output file. Embedding fonts increases the file size.

When NOFONTEMBEDDING is set, the output files rely on the fonts being installed on the computer that is used to view or print the font.

When you print or create PostScript files, if the specified font is recognized by SAS but is not available on the printer, SAS substitutes the most similar, standard font in the output. For example, the Helvetica font would replace any occurrence of Albany AMT. This guarantees that the printer is capable of printing the text.

To determine which fonts will be substituted for a given printer, use the Print Setup window, the Registry Editor, or the REGEDIT procedure to display the Printer Setup properties. Under Fonts, any individual fonts that are listed will be recognized by the printer. All other fonts, including those that are available via a link in the SAS Registry, will be substituted in the document when the document is created.

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