why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct?

[ActionA at aol.com]

Hi Dov,
 
Thanks for responding. I apologize for my clear ignorance on the topic of  
fonts. I feel better now that I can safely use the fonts I have with Frame  8.
 
Thanks,
Nancy Adams
 
 
In a message dated 8/14/2008 12:56:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
isaacs at adobe.com writes:

Nancy,

I absolutely did NOT say than any fonts are being  "translated" either in the
background or otherwise. FrameMaker uses Type 1  fonts (please stop using the
term "PostScript fonts" - it means nothing  since by definition, TrueType 
fonts
are every bit as much "PostScript  fonts" as are Type 1 fonts) directly 
mapping
the glyphs in such fonts to  Unicode. The same type of mapping occurs with
TrueType fonts and OpenType  fonts.

You continue to use FrameMaker with Type 1 fonts the same way  you did in the 
past.

The only problem that I am aware of is where Type  1 fonts that had strange,
undocumented encodings are mapped into Unicode.  This is also a problem with 
every
other Adobe application as well.  (Example, mapping the Hebrew alphabet into 
the
Latin A through Z in a font  for ease of keying. That is impossible for any 
Unicode-
based application  to effectively deal with.)

-  Dov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ActionA at aol.com  [mailto:ActionA at aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:35  AM
> To: Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re:  why am I having missing fonts in FM8, and how to correct?
>
>  Hi,
>
> Would you be willing to clarify this for the font novice?  From what I read 
into your statement, it
> appears that Type 1 fonts  (the old Adobe PS fonts) are being translated in 
the background into
>  Unicode. Is that accurate? Is there anything special I need to do? Or, can 
I  just go on to use Frame
> and the fonts I have (a combination of PS and  TrueType fonts) just the way 
I always have?
>
> Thanks,
>  Nancy Adams
>
> In a message dated 8/14/2008 1:28:56 A.M. Eastern  Daylight Time, 
isaacs at adobe.com writes:
> FrameMaker 8 continues to  support use of Type 1 fonts (I assume that is
> what you mean by "PS  fonts") as well as TrueType and OpenType fonts. The
> character set of  the Type 1 fonts are mapped into Unicode.
>
> You don't say what  type of "font errors" you are getting (missing fonts?
> mismapped  characters? What?). If you provide some specific information
> including  the exact font names, source of such fonts, etc. and perhaps
> a sample  document, we could perhaps better analyze the problem you are
>  experiencing and offer some assistance.
>
>       - Dov
>
> > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Kanti.Mann at schange.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13,  2008 7:55 PM
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> > I know  FM8 uses unicode, rather than PS fonts as before, but in an entire
>  > group of 10+ writers, some of us are getting font errors, and some  are
> > not, now that we're all using the ATCS.
> >
>  > Further, many of the errors are for things like Helvetica, which is  
there
> > anyway!
> >
> > Is there a pointer to an  explanation of why this is happening, and how to
> > fix the  problem?  Sorry if this is already covered, but I couldn't locate
>  > it in the framers archives.
> >
> >
> > Kanti  Mann


 



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