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This is only possible for those fonts that are marked by their creators as having
permission for embedding. You are warned if it’s not possible to embed fonts.

Document Font embedding

Xara Designer Pro X stores the character shapes of all the fonts used in your document.
This means if you give someone else your design file, or transfer the file to another
computer, the text will still look exactly right, even if the correct fonts are not installed on
that computer.

Website font embedding

Most website documents use only ‘web safe fonts’, which are fonts that the vast majority
of computers and other devices will have installed and so which can be safely used on
any website. However you can use just about any font on a website providing the font
permissions allow it, and Designer Pro can automatically publish the font with your site in
a way that means text using that font will appear correct to everyone viewing it, whether
or not they already have that font installed.
To help your website load faster, only Western characters are included in the embedded
font, unless your document uses other characters also.
When you export or preview a website document that uses fonts that aren’t web safe,
Designer Pro will show you a warning, listing those fonts that will be embedded in your
website. This helps to remind you that your site includes embedded fonts. You can also
see which fonts a document is using, together with its permissions by viewing "FILE" >
"DOCUMENT INFO..." See Font permissions (on page 287) for more info.

Some fonts do not permit embedding in a document or website. Designer Pro detects
such fonts and will show you a separate alert if you attempt to use any such fonts in your
website document. You should change to a different font that is either web safe, a
Google font or a font that does permit embedding.

Font permissions

When embedding fonts there are four levels of font permissions, that is to say four levels
of usability depending on how the font has been licensed. The four levels are...
1. Installable - the most permissive level. Allows the font to be embedded in the
document and installed permanently on the guest computer.
2. Editable - Allows the font to be embedded in the document but only allows it to be
used temporarily on the system.
3. Print and Preview - Allows the font to be embedded in the document but only for
printing and viewing purposes.
4. Restricted - The font cannot be embedded in a document.