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• • December 29, 2009 at 5:13 pm #54334
    Dianeh

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    We are doing package layout in InDesign for one of our accounts; and we have started outlining the text rather than sending fonts. I find that when I select all the text boxes (with the selection tool) and convert to outlines, something does not convert so that when I look at the Find Font window it still lists all the fonts. I think what is not converting are returns. How do I fix this problem?

  • December 30, 2009 at 12:29 am #54337
    Aleta El Sheikh

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    Outlining fonts is somewhat archaic, but if your printer insists on it, you might try using a transparency flattener workflow instead. Otherwise, you may actually lose things you need, like paragraph rules or bullets. You'll have to put a transparent object on the page somewhere to force it to flatten, but you can put it in a margin where it won't be seen. Check out this post (and read all the comments) for a better explanation than I can give: https://creativepro.com/con…..ht-way.php

  • December 30, 2009 at 12:35 am #54338
    Bob Levine

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    Please reconsider your workflow.

    Try sending PDFs instead. But if you have to do this, select the text with the type tool and then convert it.

  • December 30, 2009 at 12:40 am #54339
    David Blatner

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    Please see this blog post about whether to outline fonts or not:

    https://creativepro.com/out…..essary.php

    then, if you still want to outline fonts, use this technique to make your PDF files:

    https://creativepro.com/con…..ht-way.php

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