RE: About "missing fonts"...

["Theun Fleer" <t.fleer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi John

try Thomas Michanek's framers page, http://go.to/framers 
and following the link "How to handle unavailable fonts  (updated on
October 18, 2003)"

maybe the answer can be found there :-)

groet
Theun

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-framers@omsys.com 
> [mailto:owner-framers@omsys.com] On Behalf Of John S. Milligan
> Sent: vrijdag, 14 november 2003 01:02
> To: framers@omsys.com
> Subject: About "missing fonts"...
> 
> 
> Greetings:
> 
> Having recently been made aware of this list, (and enjoying the digest
> immensely) I am submitting my first question to you all for 
> your input.
> It's about that olde bugaboo-- retaining the fonts in Frame 
> files moved from
> one OS to another (Mac to Windows).
> 
> The background:  I've installed FrameMaker 7 on both Windows 
> XP and Mac OS 9
> computers.  I've also installed Type 1 fonts (from Adobe) on 
> both.  (Type 1,
> not OpenType or any other type.)
> 
> The plan:  If I encounter problems in production work on the 
> main machine
> (Mac OS), I'd transfer the files to the PC and see if I can 
> get my work
> done.
> 
> The goal: to produce bullet-proof Acrobat files and 
> print-ready PostScript
> from our various books.
> 
> The problem's origin:  Using "ancient" legacy files (from 
> Frame 4 and 5 on
> Mac OS), the writers have updated and added new content 
> (using Frame 6 and 7
> on Mac OS X/Classic OS 9.2.)  I tried to screen out the old 
> fonts with new
> font references throughout (including Reference pages).
> 
> The problem's gist:  I try to open copies of the files in Windows
> FrameMaker, and the "missing fonts/replace with existing fonts?" alert
> dialog box appears.
> 
> My plaintive cry:  However do I find and fix these "missing" fonts?
> 
> Note:  I've ransacked Body, Reference and Master pages, and 
> turned Tables
> inside out.  I did save one file as MIF, but had *NO* idea what I was
> looking at.  There were bogus references to legacy fonts, but 
> I had no idea
> what to cut and what NOT to cut.  (I suspect the MIF files 
> might be the
> trick, but working with them is no treat for a novice MIF-er 
> like myself.)
> 
> Your help would be much appreciated!
> 
> -- John Milligan
> Production Arts
> FileMaker, Inc.
> ---------
> 
> My systems:
> 1) Mac G3, OS 9.1, FrameMaker 7, various Adobe Type 1 fonts, 
> TIFF screen
> shots, EPS concept art
> 2) PC, WinXP, FrameMaker 7, etc. etc. (see above) 
> 
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