10. A computer system for processing a document contained in a document file using an embedded font stored in a font file, the font file being contained in the document file, the document file having been created on a host computer, the computer system including a remote computer, the font file having an associated font file name, the embedded font stored in the font file having one of a plurality of font types, the computer system also including a software program that provides a plurality of functions, the system comprising: means for receiving the document file in the remote computer; means for retrieving the font file from the document file; means for assigning a new font file name to the retrieved font file; means for storing the retrieved font file under the new font name; means for determining the font type of the embedded font; means for determining if the embedded font type is a predetermined one of the plurality of font types; means for recognizing if a user of the remote computer has selected a predetermined one of the plurality of functions; and means for deleting the font file in response to the recognizing means recognizing the selection of the predetermined function.
17. The system of claim 10 wherein the predetermined font type is an installable font type, further comprising: means for installing the retrieved font file at the remote computer system; and means for generating a new document using the newly installed retrieved font file.