Quark 6 and Font Substitution in PDF

[Pixelman]

A little background info....I have Quark file named "Logo Ads." It was created in Quark 5 and converted into a PDF file using Acrobat Distiller v5.0.5. The file uses different fonts (Type 1) and graphics. No color, just bitmap and grayscale images, All the fonts and graphics were embedded in the PDF file correctly and prints fine. I then had to hand this file off to another designer to manage.

The freelancer in turn converted the Quark file from version 5 to 6. Then it was made into a PDF file using Quark 6 built in PDF engine.

Here is the problem....I checked the font usage in this PDF file and some of the Type 1 fonts are reading as Type 3 and using font names like F145 or F89 etc. Those Type 3 fonts are appearing bitmap on the screen and on the print out. Also, all the bitmap EPS images are suffering from the same problem. The rest of the "uneffected" embedded fonts prints fine as well as all the grayscale images.

Someone suggested that Quark 6 for some reason converted some of the Type 1 fonts to Type 3 outlines during the PDF process. They were not sure why the bitmap EPS images were suffering also.

Has anyone heard of this problem? Any possible fixes?

 

[jimoblak]

Don't use Q6 and JAWS PDF creator.

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[Pixelman]

I normally go the Postscript/Acrobat Distiller route. But the freelancer chooses to use the JAWS method. The problem here is my boss hired this freelancer. I am not in the position to tell the freelancer how to create PDF files. I would need to be able to explain in detail why JAWS does not work in the specific situation I described above to my boss.

Can you elaborate? Thanks!

 

[Pixelman]

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[MarcusStringer]

Why don't you show the two different results, ie one from the normal way (postscript, distiler) which gives the disired result, And the other way which doesn't.
I am sure once they compare the two they will do it your your way.
I never, ever use the PDF creation from an application. I found it too unstable, to many unexplained results.
Sure, it maybe a little bit quicker, but to what sacrifice...
Word is the only program I will do it from, because Word is crap. (It so device dependent...)

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[jimoblak]

This may have just been fixed. Quark issued an update just above 6.1 for Mac users late last month. The 6.1a patch resolves some PDF problems. Another patch is on its way for other issues. It's a good thing that Quark waited so long to troubleshoot the bugs before the OSX release. ...at least that is the lame story I heard from a Quark rep a few months back, apologizing for the late entry to OSX.

I suggested not to use JAWS simply because you have confirmed that Acrobat Distiller works. Any competent print designer is going to have Acrobat. You can send your Distiller Job Options file to the freelancer so that he/she is producing the same type of PDFs. I cannot describe how JAWS differs: I would not have any reason to investigate this further since I am confident that Distiller is the top of the line in PDF creation and I would not use anything else.

This may not even be a problem with JAWS PDF creation. Everything in life is due to human error.

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