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Topic: Re: PSD to PDF, With Fonts Embedded? (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) Prepress and Print, Msg: 122890
From: isaacs
Date: 11/27/2004 10:22 AM

At 11/26/2004 02:21 PM, p-pdf-prepress Listmanager wrote:
>From: "OlafDruemmer"
>
>Hi Aandi,
>
>I have to object here - in Photoshop, if you include the vector
>information in the saved file (which you can do with EPS or PDF as well
>as PSD of course), afaik recent versions of Photoshop (I'm using CS) will
>convert type to outline and use that outline in combination with image
>masks to hold the text appearance. This still is not 'real text' but in
>terms of output quality often just as good as what many people tend to
>create using Illustrator, Freehand or Coreldraw.
>
>Olaf
>
>>From: aandi
>>
>>My advice: on NO ACCOUNT make text in Photoshop, with the sole exception
>>of web designs. Use Photoshop for what it's good for, add text in
>>InDesign, QuarkXPress etc.


The "trick" is that you mustn't flatten the layers in Photoshop. In other
words, the text must be in its own editable layer when you try to save as
EPS or PDF. If you save as EPS, you have an option of saving vectors
for text or any shape layers. If you save as PDF, you an option for saving
vectors for any shape layers and text for any text layers plus embedding
fonts. Once you "flatten" a Photoshop image to a single layer of raster,
forget about any vectors or text.

In general, I would agree with Aandi, and that except for special effects,
Photoshop is really not a particularly good vehicle for text-intensive
artwork, including business cards.

- Dov