Editing objects from FH10 gives error message

Diogo G

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Nov 9, 2002, 8:37:15 AM11/9/02

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Hi all

Prepress department of a newspaper, testing the adoption of pdf. We receive lots of advertising in eps format made from several software’s.

In acrobat 5, when I make the command "edit object" with text, Illustrator 10 gives this error message:

"... contains PDF objects that have been reinterpreted. Missing type 1 fonts have been substituted with the default font. Fonts with foreign encodings have been re-encoded."

This happens only with .eps made from Freehand 10; no problems with similar docs from Illustrator 10 or CorelDraw 10.

The doc contains 1 TT, 1 OT and 1 T1 fonts, 1 picture and several vector objects.

The eps where made in the same PC, PDF made with Distiller with PRESS job option (nothing changed) in XP.

Thanks in advance for any reply.

DG

Aandi Inston

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Nov 9, 2002, 10:50:08 AM11/9/02

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Illustrator is NOT a general PDF editor, and this is the sort of thing
that happens. You just have to expect it. The upshot of this is that
you should never create a workflow where it is NECESSARY to use
Illustrator to edit a PDF, though when it works it can be a useful
bonus.

What sort of edits would you be looking at, and have you looked at
what Acrobat already offers? I assume you have Pitstop too...?

Aandi Inston

Diogo G

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Nov 9, 2002, 12:49:32 PM11/9/02

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Hi Aandi

Thanks for your reply. Yes, we also have PitStop, but we are learning how to work with it. The idea of using Illustrator as an editor is related with text, working on a column of text instead of a line by line like in acrobat. We also use glyphs like - á à â ã - that sometimes are difficult to change directly in Acrobat or PitStop.

But, if editing in Illustrator is a bonus, is a great, great one… when possible, is very helpful. I love it.

Also, if anyone knows a plug-in to replace a font in Acrobat please let me know.

Again, thanks.

DG

Aandi Inston

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Nov 9, 2002, 4:07:28 PM11/9/02

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I would recommend working more on Pitstop - while it doesn't make
Acrobat into a text editor it does have more powerful text editing.

What specific problems do you see using Acrobat with accented
characters - perhaps there is a simple solution.

Aandi Inston

Diogo G

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Nov 9, 2002, 5:21:11 PM11/9/02

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PitStop is a recent acquisition and I am still reading the manual. Perhaps it as functions I haven’t used yet, but as far as I know, it as the ability to change words in columns disregarding the area of the same column. If I have lots of changes in a column with justified alignment, the words don’t flow between lines (like in a DTP application). And I have lots of eps-pdf with last minute changes in text… That’s why editing text in Ill10 taste so well, since the column can be reconstructed!

No problem with the accented characters in Acrobat but Pitstop just refuse to work with them.

Regards
DG

Aandi Inston

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Nov 10, 2002, 5:15:30 AM11/10/02

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Interesting about PitStop and accented characters. I'd suggest
contacting Enfocus tech support. Enfocus are a Belgian company, so
accents should not be strange for them.

Serious changes to text should be avoided in PDF. If they are
unavoidable consider making a new PDF with the text block complete and
as required, then use Pitstop's tools to delete the old text block and
add the new. Worth a try.

Aandi Inston

Diogo G

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Nov 10, 2002, 12:18:01 PM11/10/02

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The accented characters problem occurs only with some fonts; I will try to get a list of the bad ones in a second round of tests; right now I’m a little lost in everything since tomorrow is the target day to start here with acrobat.

Sounds like a good advice the use of a new fresh pdf to replace text columns.

Thanks for your time Aandi.

Regards,
DG