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Cyrillic Font Weird Problem

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Jim Swist

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May 20, 2003, 4:28:19 PM5/20/03
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1) Music application (Sibelius) creates .eps file with embedded Cyrillic encoded Times New Roman font.

2) Place .eps file in Pagemaker 7.0

3) Create PDF from pagemaker, embedding all fonts as per advice.

4) Cyrillic prints as ???? when printing or screen viewing PDF through Acrobat.

But almost any other path through the above works...to wit:
a) Direct Print from Sibelius
b) Sibelius to PDF via distiller
c) Pagemaker direct to printer

All the above print the Cyrillic just fine.

So somehow the encoding/font info is being lost ONLY if Pagemaker creates a PDF.

This does not seem to be as simple as not finding a font - have read and tried all relevant FAQs. Have tried all options of embedding/not embedding fonts in the various programs.

Thanks

Jim Swist

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May 20, 2003, 6:04:05 PM5/20/03
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Then why does it work when I print stright to my local printer from PM7 instead of going through PDF?

Jim

John Davies

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May 20, 2003, 6:00:21 PM5/20/03
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Hi, Jim,

> Cyrillic prints as ???? when printing
>

PM7 does not handle Opentype fonts. It sees only the first 256 characters.

See "FAQ 5.8 - OpenType / Unicode fonts"
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?5...@181.JxdIa0DHQYO.185521@.ef89950/0

You need a Type1 or TT Cyrillic font, or, (and I'm getting to sound like Bob)
move to InDesign which handles 0pentype fonts (beautifully and without a
problem).

Iechyd da! John
Merseyside UK
Written at Tue, 20 May 2003 22:57 +0100, probably posted later.

John Davies

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May 20, 2003, 6:18:38 PM5/20/03
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Hi, Jim,

Pass! Because the font is embedded in the EPS file?

Iechyd da! <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.1de8a6b1/0> John
23:18 20/05/2003 BST

John Davies

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May 21, 2003, 2:33:43 PM5/21/03
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Hi, Jim,

Are you using Export… AdobePDF…?

If so, try the two stage process of creating a *.ps file and then distilling
that.

See: "FAQ 1.1 - General procedure for PDF creation"
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?5...@113.OFhnaDPqQqD.220801@.ef851b3/5

and "FAQ 1.2 - Export to PDF fails or creates unsatisfactory PDF"
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?5...@113.OFhnaDPqQqD.220801@.ef851b6/0


Iechyd da! John
Merseyside UK

Written at Wed, 21 May 2003 19:29 +0100, probably posted later.

Jim Swist

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May 21, 2003, 2:17:07 PM5/21/03
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I tried a cryrillic TT font I found at some Russian site. Same problem. Please note that PageMaker CAN print it correctly to the local printer, it's only when it makes a PDF file that the problem occurs. Thus the original explanation seems not quite right.
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