Chapter 7 Digital Prepress 145
Font Report
Most printers recommend that you create a
report to verify document fonts. Customers often
overlook fonts used in PostScript fi les. To make
this task easier, most current software can compile
a document report, Figure 7-30. For example,
QuarkXPress® can create a report that indicates the
fonts used and lists the embedded EPS fi les. Adobe®
Illustrator® also indicates the fonts used. Adobe®
InDesign® CS3 provides a font report that lists every
open font on the computer and indicates the fonts
used in the active fi le.
Prefl ighting Fonts
When prefl ighting fi les, all necessary font components
should be copied to disc. By using one of the software
utilities mentioned earlier, you can turn off all the
fonts on a system and load the fonts directly to a
printer-ready disc. If any fonts are missing, a prompt
appears when the fi les are opened. Some programs
Figure 7-28. Settings for multiple master fonts can be
modifi ed within the program’s type management utility.
Post Script
True Type
Figure 7-29. TrueType and PostScript fonts may
be identifi ed by the icons used within the type
management utility.
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DOCUMENT
Source Pathname: O:\CATHY\R14A_TX\CH14\Ch14.qxd
Destination Pathname: O:\Grph_com\quark\
Last modified: 11:03 AM; 11/18/97
Document Size: 2884K
Most recently saved version: 3.3 Windows format
Document has been saved by the following versions of QuarkXPress:
3.31r5 Windows format
3.32r3 Windows format
3.31r5 Windows format
Total Pages: 60
Page Width: 8.5”
Page Height: 10.875”
Required XTensions:
None
Active XTensions:
Cool Blends; CPSI Fixer; Kern-Track XTension; Immedia Project Menu; JPEG
Import; LZW Import; MS-Word Filter; MS-Write Import; WordPerfect Filter; XPress Tags
Filter; PhotoCD Import
DOCUMENT FONTS
External Name Internal Name Printer Font Filename
Helvetica Helvetica-Bold C:\PSFONTS\PFM\HVB_____.PFM
PalmSprings PalmSprings-Bold C:\PSFONTS\PFM\PALMSPRB.PFM
PalmSprings PalmSprings-Normal C:\PSFONTS\PFM\PALMSPRN.PFM
ZapfDingbats SWA ITC-Zapf-Dingbats-SWA C:\PSFONTS\PFM\3030X___.PFM
Helvetica Helvetica-BoldOblique C:\PSFONTS\PFM\HVBO____.PFM
Helvetica Helvetica C:\PSFONTS\PFM\HV______.PFM
PalmSprings PalmSprings-BoldItalic C:\PSFONTS\PFM\PALMSPRT.PFM
Symbol Symbol C:\PSFONTS\PFM\SY______.PFM
PalmSprings PalmSprings-Italic C:\PSFONTS\PFM\PALMSPRI.PFM
Times Times-Roman C:\PSFONTS\PFM\TIR_____.PFM
Symbol Symbol C:\PSFONTS\PFM\SY______.PFM
PICTURE FONTS
Picture External Name
note_c.eps No fonts used.
r14opnr.eps No fonts used.
00_aug.eps No fonts used.
note_c.eps No fonts used.
protip_c.eps No fonts used.
protip_c.eps No fonts used.
note_c.eps No fonts used.
00_aug.eps No fonts used.
protip_c.eps No fonts used.
00_aug.eps No fonts used.
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Figure 7-30. The layout and design of font reports
varies from program to program, but they often
include additional fi le information.
vector fonts: Fonts represented with vector graphics, also
known as scalable fonts or outline fonts.
PostScript: A programming language, commonly referred
to as page description language.
suitcase fi le: One of two component fi les that make up a
PostScript type family, used for the screen display of fonts.
PostScript printer typeface fi le: One of two component
fi les that make up a PostScript type family, used for printing
PostScript Type 1 fonts.
PostScript Type 1 font: Consists of all the variations of
one style of type; includes the suitcase fi le and PostScript
printer typeface fi le.
design axes: Variable typeface attribute.
prefl ighting: The process of checking documents for
completeness to avoid unnecessary or unsuccessful
processing.