Although Adobe Acrobat Reader is designed to work with a range of fonts, it can sometimes generate invalid fonts when printing a document. You may also see one of these error messages printed on the paper.
This error generally occurs when the fonts used in the document are not compatible with Acrobat Reader. It clearly indicates there is something wrong with the font settings of the application, and you need to tweak a few print settings on Acrobat to fix this issue.
Try Other Fonts
Before moving further, I recommend printing your document using an alternative printing application. For instance, if you use Adobe Acrobat, open the document on your web browser and try printing again.
Similarly, try changing the fonts in your document using MS Word. You can also open PDFs with MS Word and change their font. Use general fonts like Times New Roman or Arial. Then export the file as PDF and try printing.
However, if you don’t want to change the actual font of the document, there are some workarounds that can help you print like usual again.
Don’t Rely on System Fonts
Adobe provides you with an option where you can choose if you want to print using the system fonts or use the actual fonts in your document. You should properly configure this option so that the fonts on your document get printed without any issues.
Resolve the Postscript Error
Although modern printers use PCL (Printer Control Language), there are still some printers on the market that use postscript as their printing language.
So, if you are using a postscript printer, you may run into errors like “PostScript error: invalidfont.” It generally happens when the printer does not support the level of postscript language. you’re able to change the postscript language level from level 3 to level 2 to print normally again.
Print the Document as an Image
you’re able to also print your document as an image to bypass the invalid font error. When you select thePrint As Imageoption, Acrobat will send each page of the document to the printer as an image and help you print without font issues.
Update or Repair Adobe Acrobat
If anything doesn’t seem to work, there are chances that the Adobe Acrobat system files have been corrupted. you’re able to clear the cache, repair the installation and install updates to fix the issue. Updating will also help fix any bugs in the current version of Acrobat and install new features and fonts on your system.
Update the System
Many users even reported issues when printing from macOS version 11 Big Sur. This Mac version, in particular, has a few printing bugs. So, it would be better if you switch to another version of macOS. you’re able to check if anyupdates are available on your Macand install them or downgrade to earlier macOS versions like Catalina and Mojave.
