Transitioning FrameMaker from Mac to Windows: fonts

[Alan T Litchfield]

Steve

I have just been through this exercise. From 7 to 10.

I have installed Win7 on the bootcamp partition and am using VirtualBox 
to run Windows as a virtual machine. I normally I run Windows through 
Virtual Box, but bootcamp provides a real hard disk into which I can 
start up Windows if I want. Virtual Box allows me to share printers, 
network connections and other services, meaning I don't have to go 
through the pain of setting them up in Windows (doing it with a Mac is 
so much easier for me).

I am happily running FM10 without any issues, so far. Have also tested 
FM10 fairly extensively in both modes (structured and unstructured) to 
satisfy myself it will provide untroubled service.

Virtual Box is a free download. Parallels and VmWare are not. I used to 
run Parallels and got sick of the all too frequent upgrades that 
required more bucks to be paid to them. VMWare is a good, solid product, 
but so is Virtual BOx.

Alan

On 24/06/12 10:13 AM, David Creamer wrote:
> I prefer Parallels, but you should check out both.
>
> What fonts do you currently use in Frame for Mac? You might have no choice
> but to purchase a new set of fonts.
> I agree--be careful with TransType Pro--a great program, but triple-check
> the font license.
>
> Dave Creamer
> IDEAS Training
> http://www.ideastraining.com
>
>
> *************
> Sometime later this year I'll be moving from FrameMaker 7.2 on Mac (in
> Classic) to FrameMaker 10 for Windows running under emulation on a new Mac
> in either Parallels or VMWare Fusion.
>
> Clearly this will lose FrameMaker's access to my font library in Classic,
> but I am constrained to work with designs that use specific fonts, and I
> don't want to have to buy them all over again. Most of my fonts are Ps Type
> 1, not OpenType or TT.
>
> Is there anyone who has gone through this pain who can advise me? I've got
> TransType, but I've never fond its results to be very reliable, and it
> probably violates font license agreements anyway. Or do Parallels or Fusion
> have some sort of magic for resolving this issue?
>

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