On 1/12/07, Brierley, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> It is possible that FM and Acrobat are getting confused. Have you tried
> the following with the Adobe PDF printer set as your default printer:
>
> 1) Uninstalling the Type 1 version of the font in all its flavors.
> Checking ATM and your fonts folder, etc., to make sure it's not there
> any more.
>
> 2) Installing the OTF version of the font in all its forms and glory.
>
> 3) Going through your FrameMaker tags and making sure that the call to
> the font is not greyed out. For example, if FM calls the type 1 font,
> you removed it, then FM should still make the call to the unavailable
> font. If so, fix the FrameMaker tags. Ultimately, you **are** actually
> changing fonts, even if their screen name remains the same the fonts
> change.

I uninstalled my Type 1 version (which I've had for years) and tried
to generate the PDF again. Bingo! Obviously something was confusing
FM, Acrobat, or both.

> 4) Is this OTF part of a 3,000 freebie font pack from Corel? Hehe.

<g> Actually, I think it came with our Windows XP Pro OS. I just never
tried using it before this latest mandate from Marketing.

> Acrobat has no issues with OTF. FrameMaker cannot use the upper
> character ranges of OTFs, which is irrelevant to the issue at hand. Does
> that help?

You're my hero for Friday, Sean. All hail Sean!! <bows low and waves palm frond>

Nancy

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