Add "All Fonts" to "Sanitize Document Options" list  SOLVED

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Jensen Head
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Add "All Fonts" to "Sanitize Document Options" list

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In my experience, fonts in a document can take up to 1GB. Please consider adding "All Embedded Fonts" to the
  • Remove metadata and document info
  • Remove embedded content
  • Remove action and scripts
  • Flatten comments and forms
  • Remove search index
  • Remove hidden layers
  • Remove hidden text
  • Remove obscured content
  • Rasterize content with overlapping objects
  • Remove bookmarks
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Re: Add "All Fonts" to "Sanitize Document Options" list  SOLVED

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Hello Jensen Head,

There is already a section of the "Save as Optimized" window specifically for fonts:
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Does it not do what you want to achieve?

Also - fonts can take up a lot more than 1MB in files in East Asian languages ;)

Kind regards,
Stefan
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Re: Add "All Fonts" to "Sanitize Document Options" list

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Jensen Head wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 9:40 amlist.
Currently the list has changed and contains the following items (no fonts):
  • Remove metadata and document info
  • Remove embedded content
  • Remove action and scripts
  • Flatten form fields and remove comments
  • Remove search index
  • Remove hidden layers
  • Remove hidden text
  • Remove obscured content
  • Rasterize content with overlapping objects
  • Remove bookmarks
Stefan - PDF-XChange wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 11:27 amThere is already a section of the "Save as Optimized" window specifically for fonts. Does it not do what you want to achieve?
Yes, that's exactly what I needed. Thank you! I was surprised that you completely moved this function into a separate interface.
Stefan - PDF-XChange wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 11:27 amfonts can take up a lot more than 1MB in files in East Asian languages
Just one letter in a message changes its perception completely. I corrected it.
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Re: Add "All Fonts" to "Sanitize Document Options" list

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Hello, Jensen Head
Jensen Head wrote: Tue Dec 09, 2025 4:45 pm I was surprised that you completely moved this function into a separate interface.
I don't believe the font control options were "moved" to a new interface, since Save as optimized has been around longer than the Sanitize feature.

Moreso, the Sanitize feature was never intended to handle font data. it is for removing potentially sensitive data from your documents, not optimizing/reducing the file size.

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