What is identity H?

[tonylondon]

This isn't specifically an XX problem as the same thing happens in other programs, but I'd be very interested if the experts on this forum have the answer.
If I create a document in XX using, say, Arial or Times New Roman and then export it as a PDF everything seems fine.

When I open the file in Acrobat and use the touch-up text tool I'm told the font isn't available and has to be substituted, and sure enough, after using the tool an extra font pops up in the used fonts dialog.

Attached are the dialog boxes,

Any explanation gratefully received,

Tony

[haakoo]

A little google
http://forums.macnn.com/100/software...font-identity/

Hans

[Egg Bramhill]

Or HERE

[tonylondon]

Thank you both for the leads:

"The Identity H encoding, or what is otherwise known as either CID-encoding or double-byte font encoding, appears in Adobe Acrobat when a PDF file is created from some vector based programs (ie. Adobe In-Design, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Macromedia Freehand, etc.). This condition can cause problems during the printing process and may delay the completion of a job. To avoid such complications any Acrobat / PDF file must be free of Identity H encoding. This problem may be avoided by converting any text to outlines.

Looks like you're better off printing the document to a postscript file and then using distiller to convert it to PDF."

If I interpret this correctly, then the "problem" lies with the vector based programs (including XX) but is only a problem with old RIP printers. What do other XX users do, convert their files or ignore the problem?

Tony

[Egg Bramhill]

Why not just convert all your text to shapes and export to pdf?

[David O'Neil]

Or find out what text is using ArialMT, and change it to another similar font that isn't Identity H encoded?

[tonylondon]

Why not just convert all your text to shapes and export to pdf?

Thank you Egg. The problem for me with this method is (I am assuming) that the text in the XX file is then no longer editable, and the text in the final PDF is no longer searchable. For a poster this wouldn't matter, however it would for a multipage document.