Re: Problem with Graphic Display in Illustrator?

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

The workaround is exactly as I described below. The other alternative
would be to save the Illustrator file as PDF with fonts embedded
and try directly importing that into your FrameMaker 7 document.
The Illustrator to EPS route does NOT properly embed TrueType fonts.

        - Dov


At 4/15/2003 09:03 AM, Kristen Golson wrote:
>Saw this post on the digest this morning. We're getting ready to have
>someone create numerous (200-300) graphs in Illustrator to place in
>Frame 7. I am a newbie to Frame, but have asked several people, and have
>been assured that we can create an EPS file and easily drop it into
>Frame. But, if I  understand correctly from the post below - it's a more
>difficult process than dropping it into Frame? Is there a workaround
>with Illustrator to fix the TrueType problem?
>
>Hoping to fix this BEFORE we start the process!
>
>Thanks,
>Kristen
>
>-------------------
>Val,
>
>Normally, our advice with Illustrator and FrameMaker would be to save
>your Illustrator files as EPS files with fonts embedded, language level
>3, TIFF preview and to import those EPS files into FrameMaker. The
>reason for this is that the Illustrator documents might be created on a
>system with fonts that aren't available on the system on which
>FrameMaker is running.
>
>Unfortunately, Illustrator has a "limitation" in which TrueType fonts
>are not properly embedded in EPS files. They are embedded as unhinted,
>Type 1 outlines which could look pretty ragged at combinations of small
>pointsize, small magnification, and/or low resolution (such as on a
>screen). I suspect that is what happened with one of the "versions" of
>Futura that you had.
>
>A better workaround that yields really compact EPS files for import into
>FrameMaker is to save the Illustrator file as PDF with fonts embedded
>and then, in Acrobat, save the PDF as EPS with fonts embedded, language
>level 3, opaque preview header, etc. Do NOT select the option to convert
>TrueType to Type 1 or you will end up with the same problem you
>originally had.
>
>        - Dov


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