File Preparation: How to Collect Fonts for Output

How to Collect Fonts for Output

If you are not using a font management application that keeps your project fonts organized into directories or Suitcases, here are instructions for manually collecting your fonts for output (Don't trust your applications "Collect for Output" utility):

For Macintosh OS

Adobe PostScript Type 1 Fonts: Copy both the screen fonts and printer font files out of your System/Fonts folder into the Fonts folder that you have created within your project folder.

TrueType Fonts: Copy the single-file TrueType font out of the System/Fonts folder into the Fonts folder that you have created within your project folder.

Be sure to include any fonts used in illustrations, logo files or other imported image files that have not been converted to outlines in addition to any "picture" fonts such as Wingdings or Zaph Dingbats that have been used as graphics elements in your layout application.

For Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT/XP

Adobe PostScript Type 1 Fonts: On your hard drive there should be a directory called \psfonts which contains [filename].pfb files. Within that directory is a directory called \pfm. This contains the [filename].pfm files. For each font send both the .pfm and the corresponding .pfb file. Please don't send an alias (with the arrow in the corner of the file's icon). Copy both the .pfb and .pfm files for each font into the Fonts folder that you have created within your project folder.

TrueType Fonts: In the control panel, open the fonts folder. Right click on the desired single-file TrueType fonts, select "copy"and drag them into the Fonts folder that you have created within your project folder.

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