Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) wrote: > Hi Frank, > I suspect Distiller is changing your Helvetica to Times New Roman when > you PDF because you do not actually have the Helvetica font on your > system. It is likely residing on your physical printer and Windows is > making available in your Frame font menu. When you print to Adobe PDF, > or save as PDF, it cannot embed a font that is not on your system. Since > the default font for missing fonts is Times New Roman, that is what you > see in the finished PDF. > You need to make Adobe PDF your default printer in FrameMaker. Even if > you had Helvetica installed on your system, the wrapping issue might > persist. This is due to the difference in font metrics between Distiller > and the physical printer. Each interpret font widths and letter spacing > differently, causing lines to wrap unexpectedly. >
Frank, In addition to Bernie's comments, you might want to install the SetPrint plug-in from Sundorne, which will make the Distiller printer your default within FM, without changing it in your other applications. (Free and highly recommended.) http://sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm Alternatively, you may be able to change a setting in your physical printer's driver to prevent it from reporting its fonts to Windows. Our old Lexmark had such a setting, but I'm sure it varies in name/location/availability by manufacturer and model. You also asked how to "change all fonts in every [tag] to Arial in one fell swoop." The only way I know of is to save the file as MIF, open in a text editor, and do a search/replace, then save and reopen in FM. HOWEVER, you must take into account the possible variations in your font names for bold, bolded, oblique, obliqued, etc. There's room for much complication, depending on the fonts. The names must be exactly correct, or FM will report fonts not found. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com In matters of politics, I never believe anything until it's officially denied.
