Hi,
I do a newsletter for our club on Xara Xtreme but when I convert it to pdf and send it to the members, some of them get 'dots' instead of font. How can I overcome this without having to use the plainer fonts?
Thanks
Rusty
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Hi,
I do a newsletter for our club on Xara Xtreme but when I convert it to pdf and send it to the members, some of them get 'dots' instead of font. How can I overcome this without having to use the plainer fonts?
Thanks
Rusty
Hi Rusty,
You could convert all your text to editable shapes.
Your mention of dots reminds me of this thread that was started when version 4 of Xtreme was first released: http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=31916
In that case I was seeing "dots" instead of the proper characters, though others were seeing garbled text instead of dots.
If you happen to be using Xtreme 4.0 you might want to make sure that you have the latest patch installed, or try exporting as PDF/X (and possibly also turn on font embedding in the options).
I've run into this sometimes, usually when Xtreme can not embed a font possibly due to copyright restrictions etc. There should be a warning that pops up listing the fonts that can't be embedded and the reasons. You can use the name gallery to find the fonts and convert them to editable shapes.
You can sometimes hit this problem copying and pasting from Word and Xara uses a symbol font and on export this converts to a square. Check fonts used in Acro after exporting.
I never embed fonts if it can possibly be avoided.
- it prevents most people being able to edit your PDF
- it prevents "helpful" print houses messing with your design
- it removes the need to embed fonts that may be copyright
- it removes font compatibility issues
- it makes the PDF truly cross-platform
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t.../xtremePDF.jpg
And the problem with that is...?
We're talking about a club newsletter, not the script for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. We both know that the major reason for the inordinately huge size of most PDFs is poorly or not at all optimised images. We also know that vector objects take up comparatively far less space. We also know that there's an exception to every rule so people should use their common sense and if that proves difficult, use somebody else's.
If a PDF proves too large to email out (something that is quite possible) then upload it to some free web hosting and email your subscribers, providing a download link, informing them of the size of the PDF (something that is also quite possible).
<sigh> Thanks for the free egg sucking lesson, but next time I'll ask.
Hi All,
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. I think my problem is that I convert to pdf in 'draft', when I convert using 'best for email', they don't get the dots but the file is too large. I've solved the problem by just using the plainer fonts.
Thanks again
Rusty