Comic Sans MS Bold is not my friend

[maddogmike]

I'm no font expert, so perhaps someone here can help me solve this problem.

I'm using comic sans ms in a project. Occasionally I want to bold it for use in headlines, etc. There are two ttf fonts listed in my harddrive - one regular, one bold. In Quark's font selection list, there's only the regular.

So I made the mistake of "bolding" the font in Quark itself. It went to the printer (with both fonts included) and the proof had another font (courier) subbed in.

Any suggestions?

 

[MarcusStringer]

The Printers have done something...

I've just done a test collect with Comic Sans which does contain a Bold.

So I'd imagine, because this font lives in the system fonts folder under Library/Fonts then their comic sans has taken over instead of them using yours.

In future send them a PDF, this will avoid any more trouble.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[Foamcow]

As a rule of thumb, I tend to stay away from fonts of that ilk... and of using the Quark style menu to change weights.

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[maddogmike]

I knew that I shouldn't use Quark to artificially bold or italic fonts, but it's worked for me in the past.

Anyway, my printer told me that truetype fonts are just unpredictable and should be avoided for this reason.

We solved the problem by exporting a PDF, making sure to embed the fonts.

 

[MarcusStringer]

That sounds like a cop out.

But glad you got it working

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[jimoblak]

How is sending a complete package as a PDF file a cop out? Transferring a job to the print service provider via PDF is much more reliable than trusting a prepress tech to properly open your QXD/QXP file with images linked and fonts activated.

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[MarcusStringer]

No, I ment avoiding true type fonts because they are unpredictable
as a cop out.

Earlier I did mention maddogmike send PDFs...

Marcus

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[jimoblak]

Sure, TTF is not loved by all RIPs but if that same TTF data in a PDF file prints okay, then the unpredictability may lie somewhere other than TTF.

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[Foamcow]

Agreed.
TTF are unpredictable. A good reason not to use them!

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[MarcusStringer]

I don't think in this case the font was unpredictable. I think it was bad font management on the part of the printer.

Sure, I'm the first one to admit TTFs from backyard font designers are dodgy.

But 98% of TTFs which I've had dealings with, come from companies who also produce Postscript fonts, which don't cause problems. As the licence on the fonts mean we have to own the fonts we use...Anyone using free backyard fonts...well...what do they want for nothing.

Mind you, I have had about the same number of bad Postscript fonts.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au