Comment 7 for bug 179589

KoRi: you are right, there's no general solution for PS or PDF which do not embed their fonts. This is because PS uses its own name convention which does not allow spaces. However, both TTF and PFB formats usually contain both names: the one with spaces (Family Name) and the one without (FontName). Looks like only AI is smart enough to supply the Family Name to PDF it creates.

Your approach is good I think, indeed there's nothing better we can do if the font is not embedded. Ideally it should also warn the user about substitutions, but this should be done not only for PDF but for SVG and all other formats as well, so this needs to be done in a different place. For now, I think your patch is better than nothing, I will now test it.

For kerning info, we have a special command: Text > Remove manual kerns, after which the text becomes editable.