Font Management in Publishing...

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I'm not even sure why he's using the term "font management". I suspect some misunderstanding of the term. I'm sure there's a language barrier here.

Ramón,

No argument -- I'm still not sure what the OP is attempting to accomplish for whom, how, where or why.

Neil

Ramón,

No argument -- I'm still not sure what the OP is attempting to do for whom, how, where or why.

Neil

Not great communications going on here

or, rather, not great assistance coming from the OP.

Hi Neil,

I will check the resources which are provided by you and let you know. Thanks Neil.

Thiyagu

Hi Thomas,

I am very happy to share this with you. Thanks for looking into this. They are doing pagination with different applications like Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress, 3b2, TeX & Microsoft Word etc... in both MAC & Windows platforms. We are using both corporate fonts as well as arbitrary fonts come in with the jobs.

Regards
Thiyagu

You say your audience is compositors. What kind of work are they doing, exactly? Are they all internal to a company, or do they take outside jobs? Do they have a limited set of corporate fonts, or do arbitrary fonts come in with jobs?

Cheers,

T

Thiyagu,

I'm sorry, but I'm still not sure what you are trying to show to your compositor audience. Perhaps you should take a look at these resources and let me know what else you wish for provide to your audience:

Robert Bringhurst's benchmark book "The Elements of Typographic Style"
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792063

Insider Software's FontAgent Pro (Mac/Windows), or FontAgent Pro Server 3 (Mac)
http://www.insidersoftware.com
http://www.insidersoftware.com/FA_pro_server.php

Thomas Phinney's "TrueType, PostScript Type 1, & Opentype: What's the Difference?" http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/TT%20PS%20OpenType.pdf

Neil

Hi Neil,

Thank you so much. My audience are compositors. Our project is basically a study of one thing or implementing a new thing etc... I am not writing a book, its just like study and implementing, so i going to create a complete documentation for font management. Its completely based on our e-publishing industry. Now its clear for you neil.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Thiyagu

Thiyagu,
>Font Management in the sense organize, activate & deactivate the fonts in efficient way without duplicates & corruption.

Just install and use a good font manager, such as FontAgent Pro (if you're on a Mac) or Suitcase. Create sets of fonts for your various needs and activate/deactivate those sets or individual fonts as needed. A good font manager can also find duplicate and corrupted fonts.
>If corruption or some problem occurs then how we can find out causes and remedies for it.

If fonts become corrupted, you simply replace them with fresh copies. In a properly set up system using well-engineered fonts from reputable foundries, you should rarely have fonts that don't perform properly.
>Also suggest me Font Management in Publishing...

If you mean which fonts can be accessed across a network (assuming your font licenses allow for multiple workstation installation), you can install fonts centrally and use a server version of font management software.
>Finally choosing the correct fonts for various devices to achieve the good result.

This can be considerably longer than a semester-long design and typography course -- plus years of practice and experience. There are tens of thousands of fonts and millions of possible combinations; the best choices which vary depending upon audience, output device, end use, corporate persona, specific market, product or service, etc., etc.; some of which work better than others in specific circumstances. There is no fixed formula here any more than there is for teaching someone how to paint. And like other creative people, some folks will just never understand why some fonts are better for some needs than others.
>WYSIWYG, simply how the screen fonts get viewed and how fonts can be printed as Postscript outlines without problems.

Not sure what you're asking for here. In modern computer technology, you can easily see the specific fonts you are composing in, in real time. Be aware that font technology has been migrating strongly over to OpenType. For example, Adobe has not produced PostScript (Type 1) fonts for about ten years. Why is PostScript (Type 1) so important here? Also, you don't address TrueType fonts.

Again, who is your audience? Are you writing a book, teaching a class, or merely giving brief instruction on how to use fonts to coworkers? Or? What level of typographic competence and familiarity does your audience have.

Some people need little more than Times Roman and Helvetica. Others can't get along with fewer than 5,000 fonts. I've got the entire Adobe library on my system. And it alone does not meet all my typographic needs.

Neil