John: Excellent suggestions. Indeed I did that once - using linux Acroread ... it worked. Colors seemed to have changed dramatically, but I was not being careful with color (no color management, etc.) Perhaps ultimately this is the best solution.
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:33:39 -0500 John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote: > Real-To: John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> > > On Saturday 07 November 2009 15:16:07 William Hammack > wrote: > > I'm using Scribus to make a book cover for a book on Lulu. Lulu > is very > > picky. I've run into the problem that the PDFs made by Scribus > (PDF 1.3 > > and X/3 using Scribus 1.3.3.11 Build ID: C-C-T-F-A on Ubuntu > Hardy). > > Lulu objects that Helvetica is not embedded. I've tried > embedding it, > > but to no avail. Lulu LOVES Adobe Distiller - in fact requires it, I > > think for electronic distribution - so I thought I just pump out a > ps > > and then get a windows machine to distill it. HERE'S THE > PROBLEM: > > Scribus ignores the odd size of the cover (landscape, 12.7 > inches x > > 9.25 inches) and prints it portrait on 8 1/2 x 11, truncating the > > image. (Did this both via export as eps and also printing to ps > file.) > > I cannot find any controls to set page size for eps or ps printing; > > googling "hints" this is some kind of CUPS problem. Any advice > then on > > these two items: > > > > a) Getting Scribus to embedded proper "base-14 fonts) (see > > http://desktoppub.about.com/od/glossary/g/base14fonts.htm for > info on > > base-14) > > There are Helvetica near-clones that you can use. I try to stay > away from the actual PS Base14 fonts because of problems like > you are having. for Helvetica try Gill Sans or Verdana instead. > > I never print directly from Scribus. Instead I pump out a pdf of the > right size and print through Acrobat Reader. > -- William S. Hammack Professor Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Box C-3, 600 S. Mathews Avenue University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 217-244-4146 hammack at netbox.com www.engineerguy.com ProfHammack on any IM system
