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On 10/30/03 9:34 AM, "pdf-digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If I save in Illustrator as an Adobe PDF I get the wrong fonts. The fonts >> are Futura (opened by Suitcase, which says they're good). > > What do you mean "get the wrong fonts"? For example, Futura Extra Bold becomes something that looks like Myriad Roman. (Seems to follow Eric's thesis.) >> If I "print" a PS file and then Distill it, one of two things happen. The >> fonts also come out wrong. Or, more commonly, I get the message that the job >> cannot process because PDFLib failed to initialize. > > Can you post the EXACT error messages from Distiller? That's close to the exact message. In composing the first message, I twice tried to select, copy and paste the exact message from Distiller into Entourage. Both times the Command C caused Distiller to crash. What's with that? (question is mostly rhetorical) (My system is a generally-stable 667 G4 PowerBook with a gig of memory and OSX.2.8.) >> In the print dialog, if I choose either File with the format PDF or choose >> Save As PDF... from the bottom, I get PDFs that look OK overall but with all >> the type rasterized at a low to medium resolution (maybe 200 ppi). > > Doing that means going through the Mac OS X Quartz PDF > generator which isn't really "in touch" with how Illustrator works. Useful to know. Thanks. >> If I don't see other suggestions, I'll substitute a Bitstream Futura family >> and see how that goes. > > Worth a try! This morning I tried to turn an ad for a paying client into a PDF. Suitcase had activated Bookman Italic for that ad (hadn't used that font for a while). Bookman Italic didn't make it into the PDF. So Eric's explanation (below) seems ever more plausible. That's my next try. > I experienced this same issue with Illustrator and contacted Adobe Tech > support. It is an Illustrator issue whereby if the fonts are activated > by the Auto-Activation Plugin for Suitcase, saving the file as .AI or > .PDF makes saves all fonts as the default font (Myriad Roman). Rather > than releasing an update to fix this obvious flaw, Adobe suggests a > workaround. Quit Illustrator and manually activate the fonts you wish > to use in Suitcase. Relaunch Illustrator and save your PDF - the fonts > should be embedded (as Leonard suggests, make sure you choose the embed > all fonts option). > > I should hope that Illustrator CS will have corrected this issue. Panther or Illustrator CS? Which do I squeeze first out of my limited budget? That was my circulating question. Given the attractive new Illustrator features, the possible/probable fix for this issue, and the current Panther problems with external Firewire drives, I think the choice will be Illustrator CS. Thanks to both of you... Chuck M still on the digest To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
