Font Outlining
What is Image Outlining?
Outlining is also known as converting to curves; this means changing text to shapes for print.
How to outline your font in Adobe Creative Suite
To outline your font in Photoshop, right click the text layer in the layers panel and select rasterize type. This will convert your font into pixels to be printed.
To outline your font in Illustrator and InDesign you will need to right click your text and select create outlines. Alternatively, you can select create outlines from the type menu at the top of your screen.
Please note:
Once outlined, text is uneditable – keep a copy of the original design in case you want to make any changes in the future.
Font Embedding
What is Font Embedding?
Embedding a font means to save the font information within the document. This normally happens when you save your file as a PDF.
How Do I Embed My Fonts?
If you’re using Adobe Creative Suite, make sure the PDF pre-set is set to PDF/X1a to ensure all fonts are embedded.
For Microsoft Office, go to Options > Save, and tick ‘Embed Fonts in the File’. Other design software may ask if you’d like to embed the fonts when saving.
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