The Mystery Wrap

[Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)]

Hi Frank,
I suspect Distiller is changing your Helvetica to Times New Roman when
you PDF because you do not actually have the Helvetica font on your
system. It is likely residing on your physical printer and Windows is
making available in your Frame font menu. When you print to Adobe PDF,
or save as PDF, it cannot embed a font that is not on your system. Since
the default font for missing fonts is Times New Roman, that is what you
see in the finished PDF.
You need to make Adobe PDF your default printer in FrameMaker. Even if
you had Helvetica installed on your system, the wrapping issue might
persist. This is due to the difference in font metrics between Distiller
and the physical printer. Each interpret font widths and letter spacing
differently, causing lines to wrap unexpectedly.

Berny Gagne
Lead Writer
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
Bolton, Ontario, Canada


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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dodd, Frank J
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:45 PM
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Subject: The Mystery Wrap


 When converting a framemaker document to an adobe PDF I suddenly get
sentences that wrap onto the next line. 
The only item I can attribute this to is the fact that adobe converts
all the Helvetica fonts in my FM file to Times new roman.... 
Does anybody have any idea :
Why the change to another font?
Why the mystery wrap?
How to change all the fonts in every style to Arial in one fell swoop?

Frank
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