![]() Even today, many Adobe PostScript OEMs will supply those same faces of Helvetica as “host fonts” for their printer/RIP customers in Type 1 format for Windows and MacOS. Helvetica is probably the best/worst example of problems associated with fonts and the naming and licensing of same.Īdobe licensed the Linotype version of Helvetica for its OEM Adobe PostScript technology and included the font in Type 1 format in Adobe PostScript printers, early versions of Acrobat, and some other Adobe applications. It definitely was not bundled with Illustrator 10! However, what is also true is that if you do have a font bundled with Adobe software and upgrade that software, Adobe's uninstallers do not uninstall those fonts and you do have the right to continue to use those fonts even if the upgrade versions of the software do not include that font. I often comment in various presentations that ‘font‘ is a four letter word beginning with an ‘f‘ …įWIW, Helvetica was not bundled with any Adobe end user product for many years (probably at least 15 years). I definitely respect the problems and issues you are experiencing. ![]() I am having the problems with the actual. All that is required is a simple font substitution that actually works. So, my suggestion is this: you have a sophisticated and expensive program, why not at least have a substitute font that actually works?įrankly, while I am an amateur when it comes to Adobe, you people are the professionals with the tech savvy, you should be able to come up with a solution that does not require the kinds of steps you are suggesting. ![]() Now, I have these files depicting summarized scientific results made with CS3 and I am 1000+ miles away from my lab, and naturally I am trying to open the files on my laptop, and I have hundreds of lines of gibberish boxes with Xs in them (Adobe said it 'replaced' the original font with Myriad Pro but it clearly did not work). I have CS3 on my office desktop and CS5 on my laptop because I bought AI for my laptop later. I've been a loyal Adobe user and purchaser for years, starting with AI 10. Why eliminate a font? You have no idea how much trouble this is causing: It makes no sense to have over a hundred font options and not a common one like Helvetica, especially if earlier versions of AI have it, and there may be compatibility issues. While that is helpful, it is quite typical of the responses we get from tech people. Alternatively, you can license the OpenType versions from Adobe, Helvetica Std, and change your content to use those fonts. Such fonts are not licensed directly on anymore, but they can be licensed through Linotype and other font vendors. Helvetica Type 1 font is one of the original Base 13 fonts from PostScript. Regardless of whether a font is embedded in a PDF file, Illustrator requires that any fonts referenced in an Illustrator PDF file must be installed on your system the embedded font is never used by Illustrator. (Note that except for content placed via links, Illustrator only supports either CMYK or RGB, not any mixture of same.) Otherwise, although Illustrator does attempt to provide editing services for the PDF, there are some constructs that are not part of Illustrator's document model. When that option is specified, the real Adobe Illustrator format is saved as private data within the PDF file and it is that private data which is used for the editing, not the actual PDF text. The only PDF files that Adobe Illustrator can very reliably edit are PDF files saved from either the same or earlier version of Adobe Illustrator using the editability option. First of all, please note that Adobe Illustrator is not, repeat not, repeat yet once again not a general purpose PDF file editor.
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