font question mac 2 pc
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- lvl_13
okay, sorry if this has been asked, but is there any way i can get my damn machines from changing font layouts?
on my work machine (mac) i am using helvetica neue 45 light,55 roman ,65 medium ,75 bold etc. in flash. i go home and work on the same flash files on my laptop (pc) and it always asks me to choose substitute fonts for all of them even though i have the same fucking set of helv. but the damn naming convention from mac to pc is different...and even if isubstitute helvetica neue medium 65 for 65 helvetica neue medium it changes the fucking layout?! is there any way around this? it has been bugging me for months, seriously.
many thanks to yous
- madirish0
are they all (on both machines) OpenType format, or TrueType, Type1, etc and Flash is recording that spec and thus asking you for the correct when you go between platforms?
Typographica will answer this for you i bet though...
- lvl_130
hmmm, not sure. really dumb question but the little icon is an a-as in adobe systems and it says it postscript...i believe it's thesame on my pc...but i don't have it here to check unfortunately :\
- BaskerviIle0
just use arial for all your designs, should be a seamless transition between your machines as it's a system font
and arial is exactly the same as helvetica ;o)
- lvl_130
throws impact font at baskerville!
;)
- lvl_130
^ jump up.
anyone with any more info?
- play0
I think the two fonts are different types. Fonts will work cross platform if they are OpenType (OT) or maybe TrueType (TT). but not postcript.
I had this problem on two different macs. The type family was the same, but probably from two different foundries because it kept fucking up the layout, just like you said.
If possible, try to get an opentype version of that Helv. and use the same file for both machines?
- horton0
sounds like you're working with 2 different helv neue's.. a mac postscript and prolly a PC ttf.
if the text shifts when you reassign its not the same font, regardless of naming.
adobe hlev neue will be different from linotype helv neue, etc etc.
you should invest in 1 otf copy if you wanna bounce between mac and PC.
- lvl_130
ah, thanks for the info play. i guess i just thought if it was helv. neue blah blah it was always helv neue blah blah.
stupid foundries messing my shit up!
:)anyone want to trade a postscript set of helv. neue for an OT or TT version?
settle down now, i'm only joking!....what?
- horton0
oops i was wrong; adobe and linotype are the same helv neue... both linotype's;
http://www.adobe.com/type/browse…
http://www.linotype.com/1266/neu…but regardless, my point being that not all helv neues are exactly the same.
- lvl_130
thanks horton. that's what i gotto do i guess. well at least that problem is finally figured out.
it was seriously driving me insane. always having to re-align stuff from home to work from work to home...uggghh.