When I export from Publisher (Windows) to PDF with fonts set to "embedded," I get utterly mangled body text--total gibberish. I have only one copy of the font installed.
Interestingly, where the text is in bold weight or italic, this does not occur. I'm using a font called "Crimson," and the default thickness/style is referred to as "Roman" rather than, say, Regular, and I wonder if this has something to do with it. But I don't understand why this would be.
Of course it publishes to PDF fine when I change the text setting to curves, but still this isn't exactly ideal. This is for a magazine that will be going to print.