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Topic: Confusing Font Substitution Issue
Conf: (P-PDF) Prepress and Print, Msg: 21376
From: chiranjp
Date: 6/4/2001 10:35 AM

Thanks Aandi, I wish I could use another font but I am hamstrung into using Tms Rmn in the native application. Believe me, I would love to dump that font. What I am trying to undertand is why does it work for me no matter what I set distiller to? Is it in one of the Windows ini files?


Other info:

I am finding that for some users it is successfully substituting TimesNewRoma for Tms Rmn. For toher users it thinks the font is something like MSTT31c3S00 and substitutes another font with a similar name but the result is still good quality.


Bottom line:

I am just trying to understand what is happening. Why does font substitution work in one case but not the other? Thanks for your help.

JP

On 6/4/2001 9:50:00 AM, aandi wrote:
>Never use Tms Rmn; that's a
>key. Tms Rmn is a screen
>(bitmap) font, not a TrueType
>or PostScript font (on most
>systems at least) As such, it
>can't get into a PDF. So it
>will be substituted for
>something, probably something
>you don't want.
>
>Use Times New Roman. This is a
>TrueType font and should be
>handled normally.