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 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.

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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