Skip navigation
(Katherine_Martin) Calculating status...
Currently Being Moderated

lost type replaced by small squares

Jul 17, 2008 8:12 AM

I am using Windows IDCS, and am encountering a problem when exporting to PDF. My doc text is correct in INCS, but when viewing the PDF, there are small white squares with a black outline in the first line and the type has disappeared. This also happened in a couple of other lines at the top of the text box, but is fine for the rest of the 3 pages.
307 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: Peter Spier, May 4, 2012 4:17 AM
 
Replies
  • Peter Spier
    Currently Being Moderated
    1. Peter Spier,
    Jul 17, 2008 8:53 AM   in reply to (Katherine_Martin)
    Report
    It sound as if you are not embedding the font properly. Of course this should be automatic when exporting unless the font is restricted. What font are you using?

    Do the missing characters (the ones that turn into empty boxes) show up anywhere else in the same font?

    And you really are exporting, right, not printing, to PDF?

    Peter
     
    |
    Mark as:
  • GatchaponK
    Currently Being Moderated
    2. GatchaponK,
    May 3, 2012 4:20 PM   in reply to (Katherine_Martin)
    Report

    I too am expericing this.

    just to explain a little in how I got this my process is

    I start with a PDF that I need to grab data from, I open in Illustraitor and copy the content I need in to InDesign. it all seems to work even in preview, but when i export into PDF sometimes some of the characters turn into the boxes

     
    |
    Mark as:
  • Peter Spier
    Currently Being Moderated
    3. Peter Spier,
    May 4, 2012 4:17 AM   in reply to GatchaponK
    Report

    Please start a new thread rather than tacking onto this one which is now nearly 4 years old. When you do, please tell us the operatiing system, and the version of InDesign, as well as the patch level, that you are using.

     
    |
    Mark as:
Actions

More Like This

  • Retrieving data ...

Bookmarked By (0)