Enable Punycode Long URL In Firefox To Protect From Domain Phishing

A recent phishing technique is to register domain names with international Unicode characters that look like English characters. The URL will visually look correct, but it will be a different website which often contains malicious content. Puny code is a representation of Unicode with the limited ASCII character subset used for Internet host names.

The Firefox web browser does not provide an indication that a domain name is using look-alike Unicode characters.

These instructions will enable showing long names when the domain names have Unicode characters.

Open a new tab in Firefox and enter this in the address bar, then press the button to proceed:
about:config

Search for punycode:

Right-click on the IDN_show_punycode:

Toggle the setting to true:

Create PDF With Embedded Fonts

Some websites require uploaded PDF files to self-contain their fonts. You may see an error similar to:
"The attached PDF file references a non-embedded font: *Helvetica-2509-Identity-H. Please remove file, embed the font and reattach."

This post describes how to create PDF files with non-embedded fonts using Microsoft Word.

In Microsoft Word press File, Export. This will show the "Info" screen.

Press "Create PDF/XPS"

Choose output directory and file name, then press "Options".

In the dialog box, choose "PDF/A compliant". Press OK.

Press "Publish". The PDF file will be created with all fonts embedded in the PDF document.