Font Handling

Here are some guidelines for font handling:

• The set of fonts in Designer is determined from the fonts on the computer and fonts that are enumerated in the Designer.xdc file.

• It is important that the fonts used to design the form in Designer are also available when the form is output from Output. For example, when Output renders a PDF file that uses unavailable fonts, the missing fonts are substituted. The font substitution can cause the layout of the form to change from the original design in Designer. Similarly, rendering documents in PostScript, Printer Control Language (PCL), or one of the supported label formats produces unexpected results when missing fonts are substituted.

• Output can embed or reference additional fonts in the generated output.

• For PDF forms, you can select the Embed Fonts option in the Form Properties (Save As tab) dialog box to embed the fonts. (See Designer Help.)

• When output is generated for either PCL or PostScript, preference is given to fonts known to be standard fonts included on the printer. These fonts are known as printer-resident fonts. Printer-resident fonts are stored in a printer’s memory or on a hard drive that is connected to the printer.

• Consult with your network printer administrator and test printing a few sample forms from Output to determine which fonts are available.

• Forms that result in a smaller file size are rendered more quickly and transferred to the printer more efficiently. To minimize the file size, use printer-resident fonts and keep the number of embedded fonts used to a minimum.

• To ensure that a form design looks the same across PDF, PCL, and PostScript output devices, use these fonts, which are resident in most computers:

  • Courier

  • Arial

  • Times New Roman

• Alternatively, you can choose to embed a font. The embedded font looks the same across all devices as well, but a larger output file is produced.

• For form designs that are rendered only as PDF forms, use any of the following fonts, which are included with Adobe Reader to optimize performance:

  • Courier Std, Courier Std Bold, Courier Std Bold Oblique, Courier Std Oblique

  • Minion® Pro Bold, Minion Pro Bold It, Minion Pro It, Minion Pro Regular

  • Myriad® Pro Bold, Myriad Pro Bold It, Myriad Pro It, Myriad Pro Regular

  • Symbol (Type 1)

<equate from="Helvetica Black_*_*" to="Arial Black_*_*" force="0"/> 
<equate from="HelveticaBlack_*_*" to="Arial Black_*_*" force="0"/> 
<equate from="Helvetica-Black_*_*" to="Arial Black_*_*" force="0"/> 
<equate from="Helvetica_*_*" to="Arial_*_*" force="0"/> 
<equate from="Helv_*_*" to="Arial_*_*" force="0"/>

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