Hi Mike, We have installed our own fonts in Windows. The font in question is Adobe Garamond Pro (OpenType).
I still have to check the Windows default printer--not at office now. thanks Karen > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:24:14 -0500 >From: Mike Wickham <info at mikewickham.com> >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Subject: Re: Text reflows when converting to PDF >Message-ID: <4FEE553E.70102 at mikewickham.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > >> Per the thread noted below, DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics is set to ON in >> the default maker.ini file. I don't quite understand the file note for >> that setting >> > >A printer can print fonts at 1200 dpi. The monitor is typically around >96 ppi. So FrameMaker can't display the characters in the perfect >location on screen. It can place the characters in a way that makes them >best fit the pixels on screen (DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=Off). >Character spacing will be neater this way, but it may make the line >lengths appear incorrectly. If your text is justified, you may actually >see lines of text that extend beyond the right-hand border of the text >box on screen (but not when you print). If your text is set ragged >right, you may not notice the problem. > >Or, FrameMaker can space the characters in a way that more closely >resembles where the printer will place them >(DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=On). The line lengths will be right, but the >kerning between characters (again, on screen only) will be a bit off to >make that happen. It's your choice. I think the program default has the >setting set to Off, but most people probably set it to On. > >> what I see on-screen is the same as what prints on my local printer >> but not the same as what appears in the PDF. >> > >I think that's the hint to the source of your problem. You are probably >using printer-resident fonts. Printers come with hard-wired fonts. The >printer driver lets programs like FrameMaker see those fonts, display >them as choices in font dropdown menus, display them on screen, and >print them correctly to the local printer where the fonts are resident. >But the fonts are not actually installed on the computer. So when you >create a PDF, Acrobat cannot embed the fonts, and must substitute >something else. The results are sometimes not noticeable. Other times, >they are horrendous. To see if this is the case, look in your >Windows\Fonts folder to see if the fonts are actually installed. > >If not, the solution is to install the fonts on the computer. The >installation disk that comes with the printer should have the fonts on >it, available for manual installation on the computer. Simply find the >fonts and follow the proper installation procedure for your version of >Windows. > >Mike Wickham
