Type1 fonts and TrueType: especially their use. For years, office and home computers and professional publishing system existed only in our cherished dreams. The first computers were recruited mostly text documents, which then have been printed on the front while printers one of the "protection" of fonts. Paragraphs and padding edited by white characters all have a value of the markers were only available bolded, italicized or underlined writing. In those days, more knowledge about fonts, and was not required. The objective of the second generation of computers is much more difficult, because "prokachalis brains", released new software, much to learn and very user. And now all this amount provides a canvas for the same chart of any information that we see on the monitor. Word, grown from a small editor of a powerful set of editing and formatting of text, allows even less comfort, to perform the same as the professional system for the printing industry - until the automatic shutter strips in the brochure. And quite often the leaders of small firms prefer to access their same staff that was created anniversary brochure or promotional booklet. And just bringing the layout of the booklet printing, economical director understands that reality, though, and crossed, but as a whole does not become. After all, was created in MS Word brochure produced by professional equipment is not the way to the office printer: lines of "go" into empty boxes, and the formula is mixed in with strange characters. A designer in the printing rugaetsya and said that the mock-up lead longer and more expensive than re-created. However, such problems are faced not only rarely printers publishers. In fact, even professionals, fully knowing the entire publishing process, as a picture on mouse pads, is not immune to the shortage of fonts. There should be small, so to speak, lyrical digression. The consequence of these problems is the creation of two sets of fonts: Type1 - for printing and TrueType (for office systems). From the perspective of the user simply no difference between them, we did not find: Select the text, chose to list the name of the font, sent the document to the printer and ready. But the processes taking place between the printer and editor, in each case differ drastically, so often printed in a printing text in TrueType, do not get at all. And even krossplatformenny PDF-file here will not help: TrueType fonts simply porushat the entire document. It would seem that there is no problem, like how to install enough Type1, and you can concentrate on running layout. But the problem is that these products have been developed for publishers and printers, so the faces of their sets are very expensive. and that to do so small firms and a private entrepreneurs who are unable to afford to pay big money for the layout and print the flyer passion as needed? What do newcomers in tipografnom case, having examined the "Create a brochure in Microsoft Word, but do not have the ability or desire to understand the intricacies of pre-press? Just a good option is to use a universal virtual printer. It allows finally to merge the two into one reality. Everything is simple - you "type" created a booklet on the virtual printer and as a result of receiving the file, which is precisely shows your design. Even PDF-file, obtained in this way, "understands" the fonts TrueType - paper is placed in a raster image, and parameters can be selected so that the print quality did not differ from receiving the traditional way. No matter how subtle features of pre-press, you have missed - your brochure will always look the way you want.
