A font question in CS3

I get so ahead of myself and sometimes forget the basics of
Flash. These are gonna look like a newbie questions but I gotta be
sure.
If I use (example) Apple Chancery TTF in a Flash movie,
publish the file and look at it on a pc, unless the pc has this
font it will substitute it with something else correct?
If I do the same thing and use (example) Apple Chancery TTF
but save the font text as a symbol, I will get the same result
correct?
If I embed the (example) Apple Chancery font in the movie and
view the movie on a pc I should see the SAME font because Flash
embedded in the movie correct?

a font that you convert into a graphic or you embed will be
displayed the same on everyone's computer including yours.
a font that you don't convert and don't embed is only seen
correctly by users that have that font installed on their
computer.

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These are some beginner font questions if someone has the time/patience.
I've never paid much attention to fonts over the years, never installed
any other than those that might have come with applications. Early on,
15 years ago or so, I settled on Palatino and I've stayed with it for
most docs (Word 5.1a and now Word vX) and often for other apps (Safari,
Now).
I just upgraded to Tiger (10.4.4) and I use Word vX.
Questions:
1. I gather from looking at Font Book that when I'm using Palatino in
Tiger that OS X is getting it from my OS 9 System folder for Classic.
It does not look like Palatino is in any other locations including MS
Office vX. Does that make sense?
2. I always thought that Palatino was a very basic, always available
font. Not so?
3. If I decide to stop using Classic, and I'm close to that time, can I
transfer those fonts to OS X? If so, to which location is best.
4. And are the same fonts used for printing and screen? In other words
back in pre OS X days I thought some fonts came in screen versions and
print versions but my memory is hazy on that. Not only that.
Thank you for any education or links for info.
Powerbook G4 Ti Mac OS X (10.4.4)

1. I gather from looking at Font Book that when I'm
using Palatino in
Tiger that OS X is getting it from my OS 9 System
folder for Classic.
It does not look like Palatino is in any other
locations including MS
Office vX. Does that make sense?
That's correct.
2. I always thought that Palatino was a very basic,
always available
font. Not so?
It seems to be out of favor.
3. If I decide to stop using Classic, and I'm close
to that time, can I
transfer those fonts to OS X? If so, to which
location is best.
Yes, you can just put it in Users/username/Library/Fonts (or Library/Fonts for all users).

Embed font example for CS3

I'm trying to use the following script to embed a font in a CS3 flash file. When I publish and preview it, all I get is a blank screen :S Can someone tell me if this script is valid for AS3/CS3?
Thanks.
package {
//import flash.util.describeType;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;
   public class Test extends MovieClip {
      // be sure this is pointing to a ttf font in your hardrive
      [Embed(source="Arial.ttf", fontFamily="foo", mimeType="application/x-font-truetype")]
      public var bar:String;
      public function Test() {
          var format:TextFormat          = new TextFormat();
          format.font              = "foo";
          format.color                = 0xFFFFFF;
          format.size                 = 130;
          var label:TextField         = new TextField();
          label.embedFonts            = true;
          label.autoSize              = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
          label.antiAliasType         = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
          label.defaultTextFormat     = format;
          label.text                  = "Hello World!";
          addChild(label);
          trace(label.text);
          label.setTextFormat(format);

Im not sure if u can do it with flash cs3.
i change a little ur code to :
package {
//import flash.util.describeType;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;
import flash.text.Font;
   public class Test extends MovieClip {
      // be sure this is pointing to a ttf font in your hardrive
      [Embed(source="arial.ttf", fontFamily="foo", mimeType="application/x-font-truetype")]
      public var arialfont:Class;
      public function Test() {
          Font.registerFont(arialfont)
            var format:TextFormat          = new TextFormat();
          format.font              = "foo";
          format.color                = 0xFFFFFF;
          format.size                 = 130;
          var label:TextField         = new TextField();
          label.embedFonts            = true;
          label.autoSize              = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
          label.antiAliasType         = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
          label.defaultTextFormat     = format;
          label.text                  = "Hello World!";
          addChild(label);
          trace(label.text);
          label.setTextFormat(format);
and it works fine with flash cs4, only first time it will ask to confirm flex sdk location ( have to have flex sdk to use embed, u can downlaod it free from adobe.com)
hope that helps

Fonts in Indesign CS3 View and Save But Will Not Print

Hi - this thread has been going a bit elsewhere but I have a bit different symptoms. Just updated from 6.5 Pagemaker to CS3 on a new Vista system. Indesign shows my collection of over 300 fonts, which are installed in the Windows Font folder (and available to and working in all my other programs)and it previews and saves documents with them correctly. But when I go to print I get the famous "font not installed" message. I check the pull down - and they are all there on the command bar. But when I go direct to the folder - only one arial font is there. OK, so I try copying, or moving the font files from the windows folder to the Adobe Fonts folder, and Vista won't let me. It grays out all option paths. HELP! And please, after reading the other threads - don't tell me I have to go in and rename each of these 300 fonts. Actually, I am not a programmer and have not the least idea why this is but for the cost of this software - there must be a patch? Or, I hope - it is simply that I am doing something myself very dumb? PS - I have Microsoft Word and Office 1997 on the system so its not the "2003 or newer" answer - as well as fonts I have purchased both before and after 2003 or 2006! Help! I'm dead in the water here. Mike P.

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1- I have no font manager installed that I am aware of - I have all the Adobe CS3 Indesign, Photoshop and Utlitites - but unless it came packed in there, I just loaded straight over a new computer with a new Vista.
2- I tried to export to eps or PDF and print - same thing - it showed the font correctly, named it corectly, but then when I hit the button it came up "font missing" and refused to save or print.
3- I did not delete any files, but Dominic - I did a search and could not find adobefnt.db or fntnames.db on the computer? Is it possible I need to find these on the CS3 disc and copy them in? Under what folder?
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Can I use Hebrew fonts in Illustrator CS3?

Can I use Hebrew fonts, which are loaded and enabled in Illustrator, CS3? Although they are listed in the Character palette, the Hebrew fonts appear at the bottom of the list enclosed in < > brackets. When I choose such a Hebrew font, the letters appear as blank rectangles in my document? Font Book says they are valid Truetype fonts. What's wrong?
Thanks for any help.

i found this info from this link: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3466307. The user who asked this question stats this solution worked for them.
First in Language and text preferences in the system preferences select Hebrew as the input method.
The in Illustrator click the text tool in your document or drag to create a text frame.
While the cursor is active select a hebrew font
then go to the menu bar for the finder and where there is the American Flag pull it down and select hebrew
now go back to the document and start typing.
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Kozuka Font Question

I have several versions of Kozuka installed on my Windows PC running XP Home and CS3. Kozuka is usable via Word and I can see the same versions when using AdobeType Manager. However, using InDesign, these fonts are not available to me. Can anyone shed any light on this?

First question is, 'are you sure'? It might be there after all, just not in the place in the font list you would expect.
InDesign does not display all fonts in alphabetic order. Instead, they are grouped by major writing system support: Latin (probably the bulk of your font list), then Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, Chinese, and a couple more. Most people would expect "Kozuka" to be in the bulk list, but it's way, way, way down at the end, in a huddle with other "outlandishly weird" fonts.

Importing fonts into InDesign CS3

I have an Macbook with OS10.4.11 and I'm using InDesign CS3. My question is, how do install fonts in my ID that were sent to me from someone else with ID (version not known). I tried installing the fonts in ID's Fonts folder as the help recommends, but they're still listed as missing when I open the file.
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Monospace Font question

I am somewhat new to Oracle forms, i am using 10G so don't shoot me if these are dumb questions.
I want to left align my Prompts on my form but using Tahoma or Verdana the alignment is always off. I fixed it by using a monospace font like Courier but is there a way to get these other more standard fonts to left align properly? (i don't want to right align them)
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Font question in User folder

Does anyone know if you're SUPPOSED to have fonts in the User/Library/Fonts folder. I know it sounds like a stupid question but I thought Tiger kept all of its fonts in two places:
1) /Library/Fonts
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Fonts in the user font folder will only be available to that user. It really doesn't make much sense unless you have a font in your handwriting that another user wouldn't need. I do know that Microsoft will install fonts in the current user's folder. At least then you know what installed them :~)

More font questions

What I can't seem to find in any of these replies--I probably just haven't found the right one yet!--is whether the new OS X Tiger can use older mac fonts or any of the free mac fonts available on the internet...and that goes for all free mac downloads. I can't seem to get ANYTHING in a format that actually works with this OS!
I have hundreds of great fonts on my older macs, but I'm guessing if they are not TTF (which most, of course, will not be) they won't transfer. Also, it seems that the vast majority of downloads come through as .sit files--not sure what that is, but they are not registering as fonts. Now what?

Hi rosy,
Welcome to the discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
This is more an OS X question than an Appleworks one, and you may get a more definitive reply by pisting in the Tiger forum.
".sit" is a suffix that identifies a file compressed using Stuffit, the 'standard' compression application for Mac under OS 9 and earlier. To open these you need the free download of Stuffit Expander.
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Regards,
Barry

Adobe Illustrator CC (Fonts Question)

I have a few questions regarding Adobe Illustrator CC:
1. Does subscription to Adobe Illustrator CC includes a font account (Typekit)? If so which one?
2. Can I use these fonts with my illustrations, graphics, icons, webdesign, banners, logos and sell them? Can I use these for commercial purpose?
3. If my subscription has ended with Adobe Illustrator CC, can I still sell the graphics I have created with the fonts?
I mainly want to start creating different digital illustrations and sell them online. I just want to ask these questions prior to using the fonts.
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Adobe has sold you a license to use the fonts included with the software when you purchased / rented their software. As I understand it, Type Kit would be separate from the initial install of things like Illustrator and InDesign. When you purchase a font, you buy the license to use it. Commercially. Personally. They're yours with some limitations. You'd have to read the license agreement to find out what you can do and cannot do with the fonts. Once you've used the fonts in an illustration, the artwork becomes your property and you are the owner of the copyrights. Typically, if you'd used a font in your artwork, you would "Create Outlines", thereby converting the font into artwork. This should be done on a copy of the original artwork that uses the original "live" font. You sell and distribute the "Outlined" version and keep the original "Live" version for future edits if necessary. As you move forward with your venture, you should contact a copyright lawyer and discuss your situation with him/her. Your artwork distributed online will open you up to a slew of vulnerabilities, not to mention piratting ( illegal copying ). And, you must definitely apply with the US Copyright Office for official copyrights to your artwork. At a minimum, read the license agreement Adobe supplies you with concerning fonts and font usage. Also, consider joining The Graphic Artist Guild, NY and getting their handbook which includes details regarding your rights, copyrights, legal issues, etc.

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I'm working on a Mac. American Typewriter comes with the computer as a system font. I've created a logo with this font. The client would like me to include the font in the "packaging" of the logo. Is this okay? It will be used in print, online and TV.

That is not a question that we can not readily or authoritatively respond to here since the font in question was not licensed from Adobe.
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You need to see if Apple has its font licenses on its website to ascertain what their restrictions, if any, are. If the license is not on their website, you may need to contact Apple's legal department.
- Dov

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I have several files created in Fireworks CS3 that work fine. Fonts are all installed in the system directory on my Win7 box. This used to be a WinXP Pro box.
I can load a file into Fireworks CS3 without a single issue and the text all looks perfect. The way it should. Close CS3, open CS5 and load the same file and CS5 tells me I have to update my fonts. Why? Same system, same fonts in the same fonts directory. Only thing that's changed is that I'm opening the file(s) in CS5.
The fonts do not look the same in CS5. Am I going to have to redo every Fireworks CS3 file so that it looks correct in CS5? If so, why?
-- Bob
Here's a sample image the way it's supposed to look. The Swift gets hosed. PlazaDUtil is the font. I'd hate to have to redo all my logo files.

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