--On Feb 13, 2007 "Laurie J. Rich" <knitmeapony@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"We prefer Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files created via Adobe Distiller Please include any fonts or graphics used.
Is it better in some way to create it with Distiller? I always save as pdf directly from Illustrator... Also, here is a question I have wondered about for years: When you create a pdf from Illustrator, it is suppose to imbed the fonts and graphics - so you shouldn't have to include all the fonts and graphics again. Right? I know that graphics get included... but I've never been able to trust that the fonts really for sure get included, so I always smash the outlines on the fonts when I'm sending art to a printer. Just to be SURE my fonts don't shift. But if I'm putting a pdf of a flyer up for someone to download and print, I really want the file size as small as it can be, and smashing fonts greatly increases the file size. Here is a silly little test... http://www.wunderland.com/temp/smashing-fonts-test.pdf Did the font, Cookie, which most people probably don't have on their machines get imbedded in this pdf? Does anyone NOT see same font in both paragraphs? -Kristin (who is even less of a graphics geek than Alison)