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Scribus => Beginner Talk => Topic started by: Karela on June 11, 2014, 08:07:52 PM

Title: embed or outline?
Post by: Karela on June 11, 2014, 08:07:52 PM
I have a document going to print, and the printer can't get the fonts to work.

When I exported to pdf there is the font option of embed or outline.

I outlined all the fonts. Why? No idea, but it has worked in the past ;-)

More importantly, when I want to embed the fonts, I check the box "embed all" and only one of them goes in. The others all stay elsewhere. Currently, the printer says that none are working. They say that moreover I can't just send them the fonts as separate files, they need to actually be embedded in the pdf.

Where am I going wrong???
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: Karela on June 11, 2014, 08:15:32 PM
Printer also suggested that I could convert all the text to outlines manually if all else fails. Not really wanting to do that for 70 pages.
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: leaf on June 11, 2014, 09:06:59 PM
Perhaps You have in option selected to Scribus embed only subset fonts, uncheck it, and try again. Often it helps and scribus embed all font.
2 solution - print from Scribus your document as postscript file and next convert them to pdf in ghostscript, or in pdfcreator (here there is option - embed fonts)
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: Karela on June 11, 2014, 09:25:22 PM
Where would I find the option for the embed only subset fonts?

I tried to convert all the texts to outlines. It was clearly a poor choice as I now have a blank 70 page document :-(
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: leaf on June 11, 2014, 09:42:03 PM
File -> preferences -> Fonts ->and here there is subset - uncheck it
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: leaf on June 11, 2014, 09:48:15 PM
Quote from: Karela on June 11, 2014, 09:25:22 PM
I tried to convert all the texts to outlines. It was clearly a poor choice as I now have a blank 70 page document :-(

I always convert to curves on the copy of the document. It is vital for safety and well-being.
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: Karela on June 11, 2014, 11:18:21 PM
Quote from: leaf on June 11, 2014, 09:42:03 PM
File -> preferences -> Fonts ->and here there is subset - uncheck it

Do you mean File>preferences or Scribus> preferences? Either way I don't seem to find it...

In scribus> preferences there is a list of all my fonts, but I don't see the subsets, and there is no file > preferences.

Has anyone had experience with a very heavy document converted to outlines? I can't convert more than one text block at a time without the programme crashing.
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: utnik on June 12, 2014, 01:01:50 AM
hi karela

Quote from: Karela on June 11, 2014, 11:18:21 PMIn scribus> preferences there is a list of all my fonts, but I don't see the subsets

scroll a bit more to the right, there are boxes to embed and outline for every installed font.

Quote...and there is no file > preferences.

this depends on the operating system...

utnik
Title: Re: embed or outline?
Post by: leaf on June 12, 2014, 08:50:08 AM
On screen is more...
Convert to curves it is extreme for 70 pages. Check earlier 1 and 2 solution from my reply.

ps
I convert text to curves in document about 30-40 pages, but it was only diplomas, bages (one name on page) and it works ok.



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