Kerning of space in FrameMaker

2006-01-14 Thread Typesetting
Hi Berny, To answer your question, yes, FrameMaker is capable of recognizing the modified kerning. Just have to turn on the "Pair Kern" on the character designer and it is fine... EXCEPT FOR ONE THING: It does not work with the space character. That is what I am trying to resolve. I kerned (in

Kerning of space in FrameMaker

2006-01-14 Thread Peter Gold
Greg: I'm sure you realize that your custom kerning only works with the font you modify. You'd need to embed the font in PDFs you provide, to assure the same result for your recipients. Have you considered replacing "final-f+space" sequences in your documents with something like "final-f+thin

[JOB OPENING] OASIS Seeks XML Standards Specialist/Technical Writer

2006-01-14 Thread Scott Abel
[JOB OPENING] OASIS Seeks XML Standards Specialist/Technical Writer Details: The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) seeks a virtual part-time research assistant who can serve as a technical writer and XML standards specialist. The individual will assi

OT: Word to PDF

2006-01-14 Thread Art Campbell
Well, your methodology is using the two weakest .pdf tools. If you have Distiller, print the Word file to a PostScript printer and specify "print to file." Then distill it manually to see if that helps. Also, the Adobe Acrobat user forum on the Adobe site would probably have some helpful info. Ar

OT: Word to PDF

2006-01-14 Thread Ridder, Fred
Not completely accurate, Art. The weakest PDF tool is PDFWriter, which is not an issue here. Both PDFMaker and the Adobe PDF printer instance are installed as part of the Adobe Acrobat tool suite, and both of them use Acrobat Distiller (although they do it "under the hood" or "behind the curtain")

RE: Kerning of space in FrameMaker

2006-01-14 Thread Typesetting
Hi Berny, To answer your question, yes, FrameMaker is capable of recognizing the modified kerning. Just have to turn on the "Pair Kern" on the character designer and it is fine... EXCEPT FOR ONE THING: It does not work with the space character. That is what I am trying to resolve. I kerned (in

RE: Kerning of space in FrameMaker

2006-01-14 Thread Peter Gold
Greg: I'm sure you realize that your custom kerning only works with the font you modify. You'd need to embed the font in PDFs you provide, to assure the same result for your recipients. Have you considered replacing "final-f+space" sequences in your documents with something like "final-f+thi

[JOB OPENING] OASIS Seeks XML Standards Specialist/Technical Writer

2006-01-14 Thread Scott Abel
[JOB OPENING] OASIS Seeks XML Standards Specialist/Technical Writer Details: The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) seeks a virtual part-time research assistant who can serve as a technical writer and XML standards specialist. The individual will ass

Re: OT: Word to PDF

2006-01-14 Thread Art Campbell
Well, your methodology is using the two weakest .pdf tools. If you have Distiller, print the Word file to a PostScript printer and specify "print to file." Then distill it manually to see if that helps. Also, the Adobe Acrobat user forum on the Adobe site would probably have some helpful info. Ar

RE: OT: Word to PDF

2006-01-14 Thread Ridder, Fred
Not completely accurate, Art. The weakest PDF tool is PDFWriter, which is not an issue here. Both PDFMaker and the Adobe PDF printer instance are installed as part of the Adobe Acrobat tool suite, and both of them use Acrobat Distiller (although they do it "under the hood" or "behind the curtain")