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You need to print to the "Adobe PDF" printer instance, not some
generic postscript printer (this is no such beast anyway). Postscript
is device dependent and that printer instance is the one specifically
developed for creating postscript suitable for PDF conversion by
Distiller.

The Save As PDF process in InDesign writes directly to PDF. The
process in FM, on the other hand, silently prints to a temporary
postscript file using the Adobe PDF printer instance, opens Distiller
and creates a PDF using the joboptions specified in the Save As PDF
dialogue window. You can't compare the two processes.

What specific fonts get messed up? Are these in locations that
Distiller knows about? Do you have any font substitutions specified in
the AdobePDF configuration (Printers > Properties > Device Settings >
Font Substitution table)? DO the printing preferences for the AdobePDF
printer instance have the "Rely on system fonts" option checked?

For CMYK colour rendering, did you uncheck the "Convert CMYK colours
to RGB" option? Which joboptions did you select? The CMYK SaveAsPDF
works quite well except for imported PDFs and WMF/EMF files. All FM
defined colours are properly maintained. The best graphic format to
safely pass through CMYK colours is still EPS in FM9.