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Adobe Illustrator: PDF Document has a Missing Font

Adobe Illustrator: PDF Document has a Missing Font

Problem: You can't open a PDF document, created with Barcode Studio, in Adobe Illustrator (or a similar graphic application). You receive the following error message:

Adobe Illustrator Error Message

The document can be opened but the system default font is used!

Solution: Change the font engine of Barcode Studio to generate PDF documents correctly. There are two possibilities to do this:
  • Add the following command line arguments when starting Barcode Studio on Windows: 
    bcstudio.exe -platform windows:fontengine=freetype
  • Add the following command line arguments when starting Barcode Studio on macOS: 
    bcstudio.exe -platform cocoa:fontengine=freetype
  • Put the configuration file qt.conf into the install directory containing bcstudio.exe.

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