Our parent company is Japanese and is using PM 6.5J. We use 6.5E. When they send files to us to edit and use (in English), some fonts are not available to us with our install. What is the easiest way to ensure that we are able to use these fonts domestically? Thanks for any help
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BionicJohn
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Hi, bogie1,
Your best route is to get the same fonts, which probably means identifying and buying them.
Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.
Your best route is to get the same fonts, which probably means identifying and buying them.
Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.
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I was using Pagemaker 6.5 and later 7 when I lived in Europe. After I moved here to Japan I tried to use PM with Microsoft IME and also installed Japanese bought fonts...but Pagemaker had trouble working with Japanese fonts on a "western" version of Windows. Later I upgraded a second computer to Japanese windows....and tried my English PM on it. I had limited success. I bought the Japanese version of PM, but found that the main difference was that the menus were in Japanese. In short: PM was not very compatible when using Japanese fonts and moving the files to an English windows.
Later I bought InDesign, and there were no problems using the Japanese fonts.
Sorry all of this is a bit mixed up - I don't know if it is a help.
Later I bought InDesign, and there were no problems using the Japanese fonts.
Sorry all of this is a bit mixed up - I don't know if it is a help.
BionicJohn
Technical User
Hi, drbgaijin,
> Sorry all of this is a bit mixed up - I don't know if it is a help.
Not at all. Basically, to create publications with Japanese text using PM, the user needs PMJ on WinJ.
But the latest versions of Windows and Adobe's application are multi-language and can fully utilise opentype fonts.
Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.
> Sorry all of this is a bit mixed up - I don't know if it is a help.
Not at all. Basically, to create publications with Japanese text using PM, the user needs PMJ on WinJ.
But the latest versions of Windows and Adobe's application are multi-language and can fully utilise opentype fonts.
Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.
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I looked at my Japanese fonts on my "western" windows using Adobe Type Manager 4.1 and I could see the names of both TrueType and Adobe Type1 fonts. Sometimes the name was written in Japanese. By the way Japanese True Type Fonts have a ".ttc" suffix on a PC.
If the name is in Japanese do a screen grab of the name and send it to me, I or my wife will see if we can identify it for you.
If the name is in Japanese do a screen grab of the name and send it to me, I or my wife will see if we can identify it for you.
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Dear Dr. B Gaijin:
Thanks for all of the help. One that is causing problems in acrobat is MS-PGothic. Windows doesn't want to "substitute a font"... I assume that if my Tokyo-based partners select "download fonts" with the creation of the file, they will be sent? What is weird is that I can see the document, but cannot print to our printers. I am new to this forum. Can I attach the file to an email? If not, please send your email address to me and I will be happy to send a sample of one of the pagemaker files...
It shows and A-cid... font, an Amarusuji font, and an evesl font.
Thanks again for all of the help.
Thanks for all of the help. One that is causing problems in acrobat is MS-PGothic. Windows doesn't want to "substitute a font"... I assume that if my Tokyo-based partners select "download fonts" with the creation of the file, they will be sent? What is weird is that I can see the document, but cannot print to our printers. I am new to this forum. Can I attach the file to an email? If not, please send your email address to me and I will be happy to send a sample of one of the pagemaker files...
It shows and A-cid... font, an Amarusuji font, and an evesl font.
Thanks again for all of the help.
You can send a copy of the file to me at
drbtartan@ybb.ne.jp
I still have PM installed here...even though I don't use it much these days. So I can see what happens when I try and open it.
Even if you can see it onscreen...it is not certain that your printer is downloading the font that is needed.
If your printer uses its own fonts it may substitute the standard font....
I had problems at first when I installed drivers for a Brother HL-1850 Postscript printer.
It was using its own fonts. In InDesign you can "force fonts to download to printer". I am not sure if PM has that function.
drbtartan@ybb.ne.jp
I still have PM installed here...even though I don't use it much these days. So I can see what happens when I try and open it.
Even if you can see it onscreen...it is not certain that your printer is downloading the font that is needed.
If your printer uses its own fonts it may substitute the standard font....
I had problems at first when I installed drivers for a Brother HL-1850 Postscript printer.
It was using its own fonts. In InDesign you can "force fonts to download to printer". I am not sure if PM has that function.
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