Thread Subject: Embedding fonts in Matlab generated EPS files

For a publication, I need to embed fonts in EPS files generated from Matlab.
This is a standard non-negotiable requirement, even if most of the fonts
used are standard PostScript fonts available on most machines.

I am looking to create EPS files, not PDF files with fonts embedded. Just
clarifying in case someone points me to google links I have already seen.

Platform - Linux. Matlab version R2007a. I am open to suggestions that
require the use of linux utilities through the use of a shell escape.

Well, the best I know is to take your eps file, carry it
over to a win machine, maybe even in the college library or
something like this. Start up Adobe Illustrator, save again
with option 'embed fonts' and return to own institute.
Silly, but I've stopped bothering. Dont know if Corel Draw
can do this as well. Can't one do the .pdf embedding and
convert back to .eps?

Geico Caveman <spammers-go-here@spam.invalid> wrote in
message <fupc9n$rum$1@aioe.org>...
> For a publication, I need to embed fonts in EPS files
generated from Matlab.
> This is a standard non-negotiable requirement, even if
most of the fonts
> used are standard PostScript fonts available on most machines.
>
> I am looking to create EPS files, not PDF files with fonts
embedded. Just
> clarifying in case someone points me to google links I
have already seen.
>
> Platform - Linux. Matlab version R2007a. I am open to
suggestions that
> require the use of linux utilities through the use of a
shell escape.

Matthias Tuma wrote:

> Well, the best I know is to take your eps file, carry it
> over to a win machine, maybe even in the college library or
> something like this. Start up Adobe Illustrator, save again
> with option 'embed fonts' and return to own institute.
> Silly, but I've stopped bothering. Dont know if Corel Draw
> can do this as well. Can't one do the .pdf embedding and
> convert back to .eps?

Thanks for the hint. pdftops does it on linux.

pdftops -eps -level2 embedded.pdf embedded.eps

I've added a function to generate eps files with embedded fonts to the file exchange:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/22267

It builds on print_pdf, using pdftops as suggested to convert from pdf to eps, all in one handy MATLAB function.

"Oliver Woodford" wrote in message <gh1k4o$36j$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I've added a function to generate eps files with embedded fonts to the file exchange:
> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/22267
>
> It builds on print_pdf, using pdftops as suggested to convert from pdf to eps, all in one handy MATLAB function.


I have posted a solution http://www.srl.gatech.edu/Members/jaughenbaugh/MATLABPDFLATEX

It uses EPS2PDF (http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/5782-eps2pdf), and then more ghostscript and then pdftops.

pdffonts is useful for checking whether or not the results actually embedded the fonts.

"Oliver Woodford" wrote:
> I've added a function to generate eps files with embedded fonts to the file exchange:
> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/22267
>
> It builds on print_pdf, using pdftops as suggested to convert from pdf to eps, all in one handy MATLAB function.

This function has been superseded by export_fig:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23629