You have a point of course Remi.
I have found that converting to shapes *before* exporting to PDF more succesfull. Using the PDF export option 'convert text to shapes' has on a number of occasions failed to render all fonts.

I understood jens comment "I would like to have them embedded" as having a purpose. Perhaps the recipient of his PDF's needs to edit the text?
In this instance, converted text would not be useful.

Yes the Xara Outsiders' hint at interesting things to come will certainly be anticipated by many I'm sure. Whether this is announcing an upgrade or a new version, it will certainly be up for discussion once announced.
We'll all have to *stay tuned* as they say