Rene Stephenson wrote: > In our current templates, we have a character tag called > EmphasisBold that specifies everything "As Is" except > Angle==Italic and Weight==Bold. This seems like a logical way > to have a flexible character tag. However, the paragraph > formats that are used in the body of the documents (all but > the various Heading level tags) all use Minion Web as the > font family, and this seems to be creating a problem. If we > use Word, type some text using Minion Web font family and > apply bold+italic, it's not a problem. It displays (and > prints) exactly as one might anticipate a bold italic version > of Minion Web font to look. The problem is, when the > EmphasisBold (bold+italic) char tag is applied to any text in > an FM file that uses the Minion Web font family, FM generates > the "unavailable font" error and displays it instead as > italic Minion Web in regular weight (sans bold).
Word simulates the bold italic (by overlaying a slightly offset second copy of the italic glyphs). Some people find the results tolerable, others become slightly nauseated. OK, maybe I exaggerate... In any case, FM is far too prim and proper for such ugly fakery. ;-) > I'm guessing it's something about the differences in virtual > handling of fonts between MS and Adobe, but I have no idea > what the solution would be. I did research the Minion Web > font at Adobe, and it looks to me like there's not a bold > italic version in that font, which I found surprising. So, > can someone please explain to me what's going on and suggest > some options for a solution? I wouldn't know where to begin > to find a similar-looking font to Minion to use as a sub for > that char tag...if there such a place/function even exists. > (Obviously, I'm no typesetter...) The Minion Pro family has both bold and semibold italic faces. Minion Web is based on that, just optimized for on-line use -- thicker serifs and some line weights. A boldface would benefit less from such optimization (which may explain why it's not included), so you should be able to use one of the Minion Pro faces just fine. You may even be able to map it in maker.ini (if you're on Windows) so that your existing char format works. HTH! Richard ------ Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
