Fonts they are a-changing

[Dov Isaacs]

I would strongly concur with Guy's advice.

There are dozens upon dozens of fonts available with
the names Helvetica and Helvetica-Neue from different
sources (including Adobe and Linotype) as well as 
fonts with those names bundled with the MacOS.

HOWEVER, despite the same names, there differences
between them, whether in the character sets, mappings,
embedding privileges, font metrics, etc.

Unless you standardize on a particular version of
any font and enforce use of that version, you are
being setup for disasters including missing text,
wrong text, relayout, etc., especially when everything
is supposed to come together for PDF file production,
printing, or both.

	- Dov 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy K. Haas
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 12:54 PM
> To: Rene Stephenson
> Cc: framers at frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Fonts they are a-changing
> 
> Rene--
> 
> I'm surprised that The Powers That Be did not 
> suggest/recommend/specify a source for the fonts they are 
> mandating.  Is there someone up-line you can ask?
> 
> --Guy K. Haas
>    Software Exegete in Silicon Valley
> 
> Rene Stephenson wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >    
> >   We've received new corporate branding from the "parent 
> company" that 
> > ripples into needing to update our FM templates with a new set of 
> > fonts. The branding specifies Helvetica / Helvetica Neue 
> for copy and 
> > Rotis Sans Serif for headings. (I hear some groaning at the 
> > already-overused Helvetica...but the edict was issued by the Powers 
> > That Be.) I'm seeing several websites from which we could buy the 
> > fonts, but there are multiple options for purchase that frankly 
> > require a deeper understanding of how fonts are handled than I 
> > possess. <sigh> Having never worked in typesetting, I feel like I'm 
> > doing a freestyle stroke across the bay and hoping I don't sink. <g>