I magnified to 800% and the quotes are indeed slightly different. I guess it's just hard to notice in Myriad. Joel
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Susan Modlin <smodlin at yahoo.com> wrote: > The version that Dov mentions is the same one that shipped with FrameMaker > 7.0. > > Joel, try this: Change your magnification to 800% and look at your Mryiad > Pro quotes. You should be able to see a subtle shift in the weight between > the open and close quotes. They both slant to the right, but the open quotes > are bottom heavy and the close quotes are top heavy. > > HTH, > > ...Susan > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com> > To: Joel Wilhelm <eleysium at gmail.com>; Framers <framers at frameusers.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 5:46:22 PM > Subject: RE: Smart quotes > > OK, I tried this myself with FrameMaker 8.0p277 (the latest update). > I typed the same text with quotes (using the standard US keyboard straight > double quote - i.e., the inch character - as my double quote character) > in Times New Roman, Arial, Minion Pro, and Myriad Pro. > > For all four lines of text with those four fonts, I achieved the proper > "smart quotes" results including Myriad Pro. It shows up correctly on > the screen in FrameMaker, prints correctly, and saves as PDF correctly > (i.e., the proper "smart quotes" - left and right double quotes instead > of an inch character appear). > > One thing that you should be aware of is that left and right typographical > quote characters in Myriad Pro (a sans serif font) have much more subtle > differences than such differences in Minion Pro (a serif font). You have to > look closely to see the differences which are primarily in whether the > lines > are thicker at the top or bottom. This is not that unusual for san serif > fonts! > > If that is not the issue, perhaps you are using an older version of Myriad > Pro? > I personally don't recall changes in Myriad Pro over the years to fix any > problem > of this class, but I will check on this with my expert friends in the Adobe > Type > Development organization. The current version of Myriad Pro, appearing with > Acrobat 9 > (and I believe Reader 9) and Font Folio 11 is version 2.037. The version of > Myriad > Pro that shipped with FrameMaker 8 is 2.007 which is probably the same > version that > shipped with CS3 and possibly Acrobat 8. > > - Dov > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joel Wilhelm > > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:36 PM > > > > Thanks for the replies. I messed with some different fonts and it does > look > > like a problem with Myriad Pro. Minion Pro produces smart quotes, as well > as > > other fonts. Myriad won't do it. Bummer. > > Joel > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Joel Wilhelm <eleysium at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I am using Frame 8 and I *cannot* get smart quotes to work. I chose > Format > > > > Document > Text Options and checked smart quotes, then tried what the > > > manual says, and I still get straight quotes. I am on XP, using Myriad > Pro > > > for my font. What am I doing wrong? > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Joel > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as smodlin at yahoo.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/smodlin%40yahoo.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > >
