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File created in illustrator in Japan - problem with links

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December 15, 2016
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I'm a translator, I'm working on client's brochure that was created in Japan. The linked files have Japanese names, and I see the Japanese characters in illustrator when it asks me to find missing link. Windows on the other hand shows names with strange characters (mixture of strange accents, apostrophes, etc) so I don't know which file is what... I also don't have the same fonts on my system. Provided they could do this for me, how should I ask them to export the file so that these links are not lost and so that I get the fonts too?

For example, if they choose save as pdf and (editable in illustrator) will those things be embedded when I open the files on my machine?

Btw, the files were created on a mac but I use windows, would changing OS help me in any way?

Thanks

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Test Screen Name

Legend

So, are you able to create a file with a CJK name? Here's some CJK, just paste it into a name in Explorer/Finder. 日本語

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Test Screen Name

Legend

You have the files all toget but Windiws shows the names as garbled junk? You need to fix that Before using Illustrator. How did you get the collection of files to your computer? Can you in general give a file a CJK name?

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Anonymous

I'm not sure how the file was sent, it doesn't look like it was packaged as

the directories look nothing like what illustrator creates in packaged

files. I believe they just zipped the folder in which all the files were

and sent that, as it was easier (it's about 20 big files of the editable

and non-editable versions (the one where the text has been turned into a

shape).

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scritto:

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Om Nath Jha

Legend

Hi sesse,

As mentioned above by Geoff, CJK fonts may not get packaged and you may still find missing fonts in your document. You should either have same fonts installed in your machine or the PDF option you said should be good way to proceed.

Regards,

Om

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

file > package should collect all those elements.

geoffball

Inspiring

One of the Adobe help pages (Package files in Illustrator) says the Package command does not collect Chinese, Korean, or Japanese fonts. Granted, I've never worked with east Asian fonts to find out.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

me neither i'm afraid. perhaps you'd have to have the appropriate language-version of AI installed to do this properly.

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