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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Commercial Printing / September 2004Printer wants fonts 'outlined' - help?
I followed instructions to save a 4-color postcard for commercial printing. I'm saving as postscript. I found the advanced printer settings where I selected under "true type font download" -- I chose "outline". The printer is still coming back saying I have yet to create outlines for the fonts. They say " each letter should be outlined if you click on one". Unfortunately, this is an online printer and they don't give tech help. Anyone know what I can do??  Signaturejw Find a different printer. Mike > I followed instructions to save a 4-color postcard for commercial printing. I'm saving as postscript. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Anyone know what I can do?? As far as I know, you can't do that with any version of Publisher. And it shouldn't be necessary. As Mike said, I would find another printer. SignatureJeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. The Ink & Paper People! Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com >-----Original Message----- >As far as I know, you can't do that with any version of Publisher. And it >shouldn't be necessary. As Mike said, I would find another printer. save that as a eps using the font to outline option. You will need the full version of acrobat to do this. They want the fonts converted from font data to simple vector data. Applications like Illustrator, Freehand, and Corel Draw can do this. Normally page layout applications do not. IMHO one looses a fair amount of quality when you do this. Letterforms are thickened and the nuances of a delicate font can be damaged. > They want the fonts converted from font data to simple vector data. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > IMHO one looses a fair amount of quality when you do this. Letterforms are > thickened and the nuances of a delicate font can be damaged. If the conversion is done correctly (all of the above programs do so IME) the outlines themselves are fine. The problems you describe are because the hinting is lost, and they certainly make for very ugly low-resolution screen previews, but they shouldn't be visible in high-resolution (1270 dpi+) output except for the most delicate fonts in very small sizes, which might need more resolution to look their best. At any rate the maximum distance any element of a character path will shift from lack of hinting is about one device pixel. SignatureOdysseus <<, but they shouldn't be visible in high-resolution (1270 dpi+) output except for the most delicate fonts in very small sizes, which might need more resolution to look their best>> The difference is very visible on 2540 film on a light table using common fonts like Times as well as more delicate cuts like MT Centaur. Even my antique eyes don't need a loupe to see it. > <<, but they shouldn't be visible in > high-resolution (1270 dpi+) output except for the most delicate fonts in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > fonts like Times as well as more delicate cuts like MT Centaur. Even my > antique eyes don't need a loupe to see it. In that case something must be amiss, either with the outlining procedure (too high a flatness setting?) or with something that's happening to the file along the way to being output (rasterization at a lower resolution than the device's?). Lack of hinting alone shouldn't be causing any discrepancies larger than about 10 µm (ten microns, or 0.4 mils) at 2540 dpi. SignatureOdysseus |
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