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At 8/25/2003 02:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I'm concerned and confused about CID font encoding. I created a PDF (e-book) in
>InDesign and embedded Helvetica. The e-book will be used and printed by mostly
>Windows users on common printers.
>
>I've read that some laser printers can't deal with/don't support the CID font format
>that InDesign uses. Is this prevalent?
>
>If so, how do I over ride the InDesign export option and print using Distiller?
>Supposedly turning off "Optimize for Speed" option in Distiller solves this.True?
>
>Regards,
>Jay
Jay,
Yes, there are some printers that have problems, some quite major,
with CID-encoded fonts. However, most of those printers (they are
printers that use "emulation" of PostScript, not Adobe PostScript)
can be "fixed" with firmware or software upgrades from the vendors.
Changing from "exported PDF" to "PDF via distillation" will NOT,
repeat NOT, necessarily remove CID font encoding. The Distiller also
often uses CID encoding when encountering non-Western Latin characters
in PostScript streams presented to it.
- Dov
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