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Hamlet Q. Crowley
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March 28, 2024
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How to Compress SVG font resolution?

  • March 28, 2024
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Hi! I used an SVG font (Special. Argument) in a book design and this error is coming back from the printer with uses from that font highlighted:

 

Resolution of color and grayscale images is higher than 600 pixels per inch

Page 1: Color image 6.0996x10.0693 pt 743.649 ppi CMYK  overprint: off

Continuous tone image resolution higher than specified

 

In the Export settings, I have all images downsampled to 300dpi. Is there a way to compress the SVG font to 300 dpi as well? Or is there another problem I'm not understanding here?

 

Thanks!

 

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    jmlevy
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    jmlevyCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2024

    Is there a way to compress the SVG font to 300 dpi as well?

    Fonts use vectors, not pixels, so resolution is irrelevant. And anyway, fonts can't be “compressed” in a PDF.

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Legend
    March 28, 2024

    The entire nature of the reported process and error makes me jump to the conclusion that this is not a 'fixable' problem. Something key is wrong somewhere, and the most efficient solution, IMVHO, is to boot the SVG content.

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Legend
    March 28, 2024

    SVG should not be used for print. Convert it to an AI or PDF.

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    Hamlet Q. CrowleyAutor
    Participant
    March 28, 2024

    The entire book has been exported as a PDF. Is that not enough? I will have to go to each instance of that font in the manuscript and edit/convert just that text to another format?

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Legend
    March 28, 2024

    SVG is an online/web-based graphics format and while it can be successfully used for print, everything is dependent on the final RIP or printer being able to interpret it faultlessly... which is anything but universal. I am not sure offhand but I'd suspect the PDF simply encapsulates the code in a wrapper instead of fully converting it. (So in the end, the RIP has to accurately interpret HTML-like code.)

     

    I don't know of a fix when problems are encountered. Replacing it with a more standard print graphics format is the only solution that's assured. (That, and remembering not to use SVG in print projects from now on.... 🙂 )

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