Font issues

[Morgan19]

1) I've bene wondering for a while, does it make a difference if I have and use PostScript or TrueType fonts on a Mac? Is either necessary for print?

2) I've been having with my Helvetica and Arial fonts, of all things, for the longest time. Opening a Quark-saved EPS in Photoshop that makes use of either font will often replace them with a default (courier, for example) because it says the fonts can't be found. Likewise with Acrobat Distiller: I'll run an EPS through it and it replaces several of the Helvetica fonts (like condensed or bold) because it says they can't be found. The things is, I know they're there: I have all the various flavors of Helvetica and Arial in my System/Fonts folder and I've tried different versions (from other Macs, for example) in my ATM folder as well. It still doesn't seem to think they're there. My original Helvetica fonts were damaged (found out by running them trough ATM's verify), but the ones I'm using now check out fine. What's going on?

Thanks,
m19

 

[graphicsolutions]

I always use fontincluder from

http://www.callassoftware.com/products/fembedding/fembedding.htm

It used to be free for OS9. I've checked and they are now charging fair enough.

It works by dropping the Quark Xpress eps on the app then it will ask you to include the fonts that are outside the system.

Hope this helps