Nothing ticks me off like receiving an InDesign document where the fonts have been outlined. What a waste. There's really no reason to do it. Not only does it kill the quality of the text, often times making it appear bolder than the original font actually is, but you loose many features such as underlines, strikethroughs and more.
Just embed the fonts in your PDF file. If your printer tells you that they need them outlined, tell them to bugger-off and start your search for a new printer - because the one you have sucks!
If you simply must "outline" your fonts, you can "flatten" them instead and get much better results. David Blatner over at InDesignSecrets shows you how to convert text to outlines the right way.
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but what do you do with a
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 19:20 — jeffunity (not verified)but what do you do with a protected font? I had a job last week where I was supplied a version of DIN that I had to use and it wouldn't allow embedding! What a pita, I had to flatten every time I did a proof.
But I agree with telling your printer to bugger off, outlining went out of fashion a long time ago, the printer really needs to upgrade his equipment.
What is that?
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 19:33 — Roberto (not verified)What is a protected font? Why won't it allow you to embed it?
Protected fonts are...
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 05:22 — JamesProtected fonts are fonts that have "code" built in to them that do not allow for embedding in documents.
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