Font / Outlines?
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- Knuckleberry
I have a version of Goudy Handtool that wont let me turn it to outlines in Illustrator.
Has anybody ever experienced this problem? Usually the fonts will let me.
- Nairn0
No, I haven't in a pure AI file. Sounds weird.
You sure you're not inside a PDF, or something?
- ARE YOU STUCK INSIDE A PDF? DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL SOMEONE?Nairn
- ahahahahaaanicole_marie
- jimbojones0
Is it a bitmap?
- drgss0
expand instead?
- Knuckleberry0
No I am stuck in PDF. Thank you for being concerned.
- hahahaha. Supposed to read:
No I am not stuck...Knuckleberry - you are?jimbojones
- hahahaha. Supposed to read:
- monospaced0
You don't actually have the font, probably. Go buy it.
- mail it to me aswell. thanksdigdre
- Nope... I have it. Clever though.Knuckleberry
- jimbojones0
man give some info ffs, is it a type 1 font, is it an old bitmap just something jeez how are we supposed to help? click this magic button if you're stuck in a pdf, coming in your AI CS5
- acescence0
i think there's a save as EPS option in acrobat with an option to flatten and outline everything, but sounds like your problem is elsewhere.
there are also "outline protected" fonts, but the error you receive should give you some hint as to why it's refusing to outline them.
- I've heard of non-embedding font security, but not non-outlining. Any more details on this?Nairn
- only mention is in the adobe help pages, it can't convert bitmap or outline protected fonts, don't think i've actually seen one thoacescence
- ... encountered one though, just ones that wouldn't embed as you mentionacescence
- obviously it couldn't be that secure if the app is able to access the outlines otherwise, i imagine opening and saving out of fontlab would strip itacescence
- ... in fontlab or fontforge would strip itacescence
- Huh. Well I never. I really don't understand what the point in that would be, unless it's for demo purposes. ta!Nairn
- monospaced0
I can't actually find any evidence that a font with that name even exists in the form that you need.
- Knuckleberry0
Thank for your help.
- airey0
the only time i've had a similar happening was when the font was a PostScript version and only the screen file was working, the actual guts of the font (the printer file) had corrupted. sounds like the cause. try downloading the file again perhaps or in fact make sure the complete font is in the font folder.
- airey0
here's the complete font. http://www.abstractfonts.com/sea…
- airey0
i really don't think it's a security issue but a corrupt font. maybe try opening and saving the font through Transtype (free) or similar - the rebuilding should steamroll over the issues the file is having.
if you have time email it to me and i'll rebuild. i've used fontographer for years for this very purpose.