Having major issues with missing fonts alert not displaying

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February 13, 2018
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I'm using PS CC 2018 on a Windows PC with Windows 10

I recently had a print project go way wrong due to no being alerted that a font was missing when opening a PDF in AI. The PDF looked one way when opened Adobe reader and Chrome viewer in the email. When opened in AI two of the three words looked right and one did not but when sent to the printer all three words were totally wrong. I was told by a third party who designed the item that all fonts had been outlined.

Normally if a font is missing or not outlined I get the box alerting me but not this time and I've opened three different versions of this file this morning.

The client is telling us that they will not pay for the print job since it printed wrong.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

What would you recommend then? We have always done a "pre-flight" on pieces customers send us to go to the printer for bleeds and embedded fonts and whatnot. This is the first time I've been told not to use Illustrator to check for that kind of thing which means I've been doing it wrong all along....?

You will get a warning for missing fonts (unless you turned it off).

You can turn it On in Type > Resolve Missing Fonts...

But as was said, Illustrator is not a general PDF editor, use Acrobat, which has very advanced preflight tools (you can even automate them).

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theprinthouse

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Thank you for the valuable help

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kyles74677889

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Hey there,

Just so I can help give some insight, are you the designer who created the files and sent them to print or are you the client who received the third party file?

If you are the designer, how long have you been making the labels? Just dont want to give you wrong info or information you may already know. I've been designing product labels for nutritional supplements for 8 years and can help shed some light on the process for you!

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debasencioAuthor

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I'm not the person who designed the file, just the one who passed it on to the printer. It is a 4CP, 2 sided 8.5 x 5.5 card. In fact, I told the person who designed it that the fonts needed to be outlined the first time I received and opened the file and at that time I got the alert the fonts were missing. When she sent back the file she claimed had outlined fonts that's when the problems started.

And no, no professional font manager just what comes with CC. I've been using AI for over 10 years and this is the first time I've ever had this issue.

JonathanArias

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well. you do need a font manager for professional design.

A professional font manager will not allow you to put in a bad font that went corrupted or had missing data. CC does not come with a font manager. The second reason you need a professional font manager is that the font manager that comes with a computer is not smart enough to tell the difference between fonts and activate the correct one. You might have the same font in your machine ( Helvetica for example) in different types, such as opentype, postscript or truetype.

Have a professional font manager is crucial. however, if you are just opening a .pdf the fonts should open just fine. UNLESS, that designer is using fonts that are not license for use, and that would explain why he is turning text to outlines.

If you are just processing a .pdf ask your designer if they are using a font manager, and tell them about the font issues. is his job duty to manage this fonts and to be using correct fonts.

If you are opening things in illustrator you need to be using a font manager so you can load the fonts they are using. From the font manager you can auto activate and manage your type correctly.