(For Adobe Serif MM, the closest Adobe font would be Minion Pro. That having been said, the closest Adobe font to Adobe Sans MM would be Myriad Pro, a font that is available through the Adobe Fonts service (formerly Typekit). If in fact you have a PDF file that actually has either of these fonts referenced, it is probably due to someone's misuse of the product (possibly “refrying” a PDF file - distilling PostScript output from Acrobat from a PDF file that did not have embedded fonts). The fonts do not show up on any font lists on your system since they are not actually installed on your system and are not supported for use in creating either source documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.) or as an editing font within Acrobat. wojowojo, As I previously discussed in this thread, in fact, Adobe Sans MM was directly derived from Myriad (i.e. On behalf of Adobe, let me summarize this situation.Īlthough you didn't explicitly state this, we are assuming you are trying to edit an existing PDF file as opposed to a source document.Īdobe Sans MM (and the accompanying Adobe Serif MM) are internal substitution fonts used by Acrobat and Reader to display text for fonts that were not embedded within a PDF file (not embedding fonts is a strongly non-recommended practice). Adobe Sans MM is a typeface that is used by Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader as a fallback font for PDF documents that do not have embedded fonts or have missing.
