Jeff Schweiner wrote: > When I use the File -> Save as PDF option, I may or may not get font > substitution messages in the Frame Console, depending on what printer I > have selected. I understand (I think) that FM uses your default printer > fonts, rather than your system fonts. But I don't understand the > following scenario. I've noticed it on my working files, and it is > duplicated on a new file. > > > > I open a new portrait document and type anything (just the letter "A"). > I have a network printer (call it NP) selected as my default. I do a > File -> Save as PDF and I get the following message. This occurs on > all 3 of the different models of network printers I tried. > > > > The "Times" Font is not available. > > "Times New Roman" will be used in this session. > > > > I change my printer to Adobe PDF, do the File -> Save as PDF, and I > don't get the error message. > > > > This would imply to me that: > > - The file uses the Times font > > - Adobe PDF includes the Times font, but NP does not. > > > > I tried finding the Times font in the file using the following methods > and can't find any occurrences. > > - Using Find, searching for Charter Format : Times (everything else "as > is"). I searched the Body, Master, and Reference pages. > > - I converted the file to MIF and searched the MIF for any occurrences > of the Times font. > > > > Couple other notes: > > - I don't get any font substitution messages when opening the file, > regardless of the selected printer. > > - My preferences are set to "Remember missing fonts." > > - Using FM 8.0p277 and XP Pro with SP2. > > > > So my question is, what is causes the Times font message? Does the file > actually contain something that uses the Times font? If so, how do I > find it? Is there some interaction with the selected printer fonts and > using the Save as PDF that I don't understand? Is there a PDF setting > that I can apply to get rid of this message? > > > > Thanks, any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. > >
Jeff, The Times font is probably hiding on a reference or master page or in a table definition. My best advice is to get the free SetPrint plug-in from Sundorne so that Frame always uses the Adobe PDF printer instance (while leaving your default hardware printer as-is in other app's). Then always print to PDF, then print that output to hardware. http://www.sundorne.com/FrameMaker/Freeware/setPrint.htm HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink." ? George Orwell
