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- monkeyme0
Safe...you are technically right, of course. Large corporations are more careful. I freelanced for a very large Northeast bank who had been sued because one of their big print pieces utilized a typeface they didn't own.
But then why do service bureau's have in writing to include fonts? huh? See how hard it is being us?! :)
- unknown0
Who the hell buys softwear these days anyway!
or so i've heard.
- safe0
email any typeface distributor and ask them is ok to re-distribute thiers fonts to printers/clinets.
Case shut.
- safe0
so, If 99.998% of the country jumped off the bridge your right behind them?
- monkeyme0
...and are you going to create outlines for an 18 page catalog??? yikeola.
- safe0
I mean everyone is doing, so that makes it ok?
- Lychee0
but... for a simple club-flyer, distributed in the streets for example, it's very "dangerous" and "bad" to use a font that I didn't buy?
- thosethat0
so it's ok to use a font - convert it to outlines - and then print it..?
you're still sending the shape of the font you used though...
what's the difference..?
if the printer is only a printer they don't need to use it other than to print the work you've done...
i mean what's the point of buying a font if you can't use it to print..?
do you expect a printer to own every font just in case someone uses it..?
um...
- safe0
no, but if your using a basic type i.e. helvetica, your printer should have it, no need to send it.
- Lychee0
just a question (I'm not English speaking)
convert to outlines = rasterize ?
- thosethat0
and if you're not using a 'basic' font..?
- monkeyme0
If you ask a printer (and I have) they will say that they only use the font for the type job and then they throw it away.
of course!
- safe0
It's no longer software once you create the outlines/rasterize the typeface.
If you read what I said, you'll know I didn't mean every typeface in the world.
But there is a basic libary of fonts you should/can use with out sending them to a printer.
I'm not talking about lUcAzRAVAH_WORLD.otf.
- safe0
create outlines = coverting the font to paths, not rasterizing. (next step would be rasterizing).
- safe0
converting.
Anyways, I was only making a fair warning to someone before they end up get sued for distributing 'MGM Antqiua.'
- thosethat0
Sending Us Files:
When sending us files, please send them to us with all of the fonts that those files use.Please Include The Following With Electronic Artwork:
6. The printer and screen version of each font used in the art file.If special fonts are required in the document, then the print and screen fonts must be supplied with the document.
etc...
- BonSeff0
Safe, the common fonts you speak of usually come standard on most oprating systems, so they were never really purchased.
- safe0
I was not refering to system fonts.
Each system is diffrent, some include/exclude faces depends on whats been install.
I was refering to a Libary set from say, Linotype that includes common sets & expert sets.
- Blofeldt0
Hmmm, I tend to download dodgy fonts from the internet. Then if a client wants to use it charge for the font. Usually you don't have to buy a whole set. Just bold and normal.
Also quite a few don't let you distribute the font, so convert to outlines. Means the printer cannot use the font for anything else. I never ever send artwork to the printed without the text outlined.
- kloudman0
Printers will always promise you a delivery date and never ever do it by then. It is common practice to tell you it's on press when it is not even scheduled yet.
Make sure you go to the press check and have your color swatches available. get color proofs and blue lines sent for review and do not accept the wrong colors or bad cropping.
Do you know the difference between spot and process colors? If not, find out.
Print your separations out on your printer to make sure you have only the separations you need and all colors on on the right film.
Good luck.