Friday, October 12, 2012

Discussion Point 4- Jaye Valery



The digital desktop shifts the responsibility of preparing artwork for reproduction to the designer. Identify an area of file preparation you need to learn more about and provide an overview of the process and its significance.


One of the most significant and frustrating elements I encounter upon saving InDesign files is making sure I have embedded all the fonts into the PDF and making sure that all the application files are evident. Having all the fonts embedded into the file ensures that if the file is opened on a different computer that does not have the identical font saved in their font library, they are able to view and print the document correctly.



This process is done by:

11. Open your project in Adobe InDesign. Click the "File" drop-down menu, select "Export..." and choose "PDF" as your export format. Browse to the location of your choice, enter a filename, and click "Save."

22. Click on the "Advanced" tab of the PDF export options window. Change the percentage in the "Subset fonts when precent of characters used is less than:" number field from 100 to 0. Now InDesign will be forced to embed the entire font in your exported PDF document.

33. Click the "Export" button. Your PDF containing the entire font file for each typeface you used will be saved to the location specified.


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