Fonts
Font issues are
notorious for causing production problems and in turn, schedule delays.
If you take the right steps, the problems they
create can easily be avoided.
POSTSCRIPT TYPE 1
Type 1 fonts are considered to be the most
compatible for the publishing industry today because they are based on Adobe's
postscript language. There is a large selection of Type 1 fonts to choose from.
Type 1 fonts consist of two parts: A SCREEN font and
a PRINTER font. The
screen font includes the font metrics that communicate important typography data
to the interpreter for printing. The printer font contains the information that
is actually sent to a laser printer/imagesetter and is used to correctly
render each character. Printer fonts are also used to create clear, concise screen renditions of the font at any size. If the
printer fonts are missing or are corrupted, your font may look jagged on the
screen and either will not print out at all or will print "bitmapped"
(jagged).
Type 1 fonts can be distinguished by their icons:
Screen fonts are generally kept in a "suitcase," which can contain
a wide range of fonts. A printer font resides outside the "suitcase"
but, within the same folder as its screen font "suitcase."
Suitcase
Font icon courtesy of The Pocket Primer Series
Windsor Professional Information
It is necessary for us to have both the screen and printer fonts to be able
to view and print a font.
So, if you are submitting application files for output, you must supply all
fonts used in your documents. If you are sending
PostScript/PDF files for output you have some options as to how the fonts may be
supplied:
- If you are using PostScript Type 1 fonts only, you may "embed" the
fonts in your PostScript files. This will create large Postscript files but
should help eliminate any font-related problems.
- If you are using PostScript Type 1 fonts only, you may submit the fonts
separately. In this case your PostScript fonts will be downloaded to our
imagesetter before sending your files. PostScript/PDF files created without
fonts embedded will be significantly smaller and will "rip" much
faster.
- Although we do not recommend them, we have received jobs using TrueType
fonts as well. Since TrueType fonts are not fully compatible with PostScript,
their use in PostScript imagesetting is not always predictable. If you have no
choice and have to supply your files using TrueType fonts, you must embed all
fonts in your PostScript files.
TrueType font
Font icon courtesy of The Pocket Primer Series
Windsor Professional Information
Avoid locally "stylizing" fonts using the
style buttons within an application.
This can cause substitution at the printer and/or imagesetter. Choose the
typestyle from the font list and make certain to include the fonts for each
typestyle (bold, italic, etc..) you have used when gathering the files to be
sent for printing. This will help avoid
delays.
Examples of a variety of typestyles:
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