> Curiously, Adobe software will do it but Quark won't. How strange... I have not used anything newer than QuarkXPress 4.x or PageMaker 6.5 and neither of those for a couple years. I didn't realize they had eliminated the support for collecting the fonts, I assume in v5 of XPress?...sounds like a step backwards..
will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: RE: folks who know about publishing > Great point. More and more printers are accepting PDF as a final format. > Some even prefer it. Whether it strictly violates the license agreements is > questionable since the font files are able to be extracted if they aren't > subsetted, but the point is a good one. And it is a method preferred by > Adobe. > > Honestly though, in practice the sending of the font files is a non-issue. > The industry has been doing it for so long that most of the page layout > packages and workflow software will copy the fonts and graphics to the disk > sent to the printer for you. Curiously, Adobe software will do it but Quark > won't. Strange considering that Adobe is the one that you would think is > concerned about their fonts. Also, third-party software like FlightCheck > will automate the collection process. > > -Kevin Graeme > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William H. Bowen [mailto:william.bowen@;gte.net] > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:39 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: folks who know about publishing > > > > > > One way we get around the passing of fonts issue here in our > > Communications > > group is to provide the file to the print service in pdf. > > > > Apparently that doesn't violate the license agreements. > > > > And I would also like to ditto the "use PS" message. Much better > > results in > > the long run and worth the money up front. > > > > My $0.02, YMMV > > will > > ---- > > > > William H. Bowen > > Webmaster > > > > ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business > > > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.esca.com/ > > > > 425.739.3629 Voice > > 425.466.7016 Cell > > 425.739.3690 FAX > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "BethF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 5:21 PM > > 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
