How do I correct text that is in a different font?

The corrected text in my PDF is in a different font. How do I fix this?

There are two reasons why corrected text may look different from the original:

• You don’t have the same font on your Mac. In this case, PDFpen will try to find an alternative that most closely matches the original.
• If you are working with a scanned document, the text is a result of OCR. In this case, PDFpen looks for a font with the same dimensions as the scanned text but doesn’t try to match the original.

To make your corrected text look as much like the original as possible, you can use PDFpen’s text and formatting tools to adjust the font type, size, and color.

You can also identify the original font and download it to your computer for use in Correct Text. In PDFpen 11 and higher, you can see the original font in the Font Bar: 

Installing fonts on your Mac

To add a newly downloaded font to your Font Book for use in Correct Text, follow these steps:

1. Go to Finder > Applications and select Font Book. Double-click to launch.
2. Click the Add button in the Font Book toolbar. 
3. Locate and select the font, then click Open.
4. Download additional system fonts: Click All Fonts in the sidebar on the left, then select a dimmed font family or one or more styles.
5. Close PDFpen/PDFpenPro and relaunch to see the new font(s) reflected.

If the font doesn’t display correctly or if a document won’t open because of a corrupt font, follow the steps to Validate Fonts on Apple’s Support page.

Tip: You can also drag the font file to the Font Book app icon, or double-click the font file in the Finder, then click Install.