Kevin, the question we have is about the royalty for using the fonts on the publication. What is the scoop with that?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:17 PM Subject: RE: folks who know about publishing > There are free fonts available, but as someone who worked in print for about > 10 years I'll tell you in that the free ones don't generally work as well. > > First off, you should only use Postscript fonts. TrueType can work, but I'm > willing to bet a fair amount of money that if you talk to your print vendor > they will tell you that they much prefer Postscript. > > Second, the reason why the expensive fonts work better and look better is > because they have better code. Postscript is code and even though the tools > to make the fonts are visual, a good font designer knows how to make fonts > that have the most efficient code. Font ripoffs usually are high-res scans > that are then converted to vectors. This conversion process creates bad > Postscript code that on a good day just doesn't look as good and takes > longer for the print vendor to output and on a bad day can choke their rip > and make your job unprintable. > > But look around. Google is probably your best bet. Another option is buying > the bulk packs of fonts in some of the software catalogs. The site I use to > find fonts is http://www.myfonts.com. They are generally the more expensive > ones though. > > I'm not trying to lecture you or be condescending. I'm just sharing years of > experience. Fonts can make a job go bad in so many ways, and it's just not > fun fixing it. > > Good luck, > > -Kevin Graeme > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BethF [mailto:dawg@;alaska.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:21 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: folks who know about publishing > > > > > > I am working as technical and layout advisor to a PRINT product (weird > > huh?). > > Apparently, we need to use only "free" fonts. Where can i find out what > > fonts are "free" and how to obtain them. > > Someone please, give me a clue > > > > Beth F, cluless in Anchorage, AK > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
