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Brad00168
Brad00168
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June 15, 2018
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SolidWorks Composer to InDesign (.eps) graphic text box issue

  • June 15, 2018
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Hi,

I am wondering if anyone could help with an issue I am having with placing .eps graphics (created in SolidWorks Composer) into InDesign CS5.5 and also in CC.  I have attached two samples of what they graphics look like in InDesign (and in the final PDF).  As you can see the text is running into and over the text boxes.  When you open the .eps files, they look fine in Illustrator.

The client that I am working with can open in his InDesign CC and they look fine, but not on either versions (CS5.5 or CC) that I have on my 2 different computers.

Any thoughts on what could be causing this?

Thanks!

Brad

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Correct answer BobLevine

You need to have whoever is creating these files make sure that all fonts are embedded. It’s possible that it’s an old font that doesn’t allow it.

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Brad00168
Brad00168Author
Participant
June 20, 2018

Yes, I see now that in InDesign and in my PDF I am creating it continues to substitute "Courier" instead of "Arimo".

I do not understand why it would be doing this, since I did install True-Type Font Arimo through Windows Explorer (double-clicking on it and installing it).  When I open the file/view (and even do a preview of what the image looks like) I created in SolidWorks Composer there does not seem to be any issue with the font. 

When I try to open the .eps image file that I saved out of Composer (using Illustrator), it says there is a missing font (

Font Problems - Arimo: Font not found on the system; missing font has been substituted.).

I do not open the image at all though, but import the Composer image directly into InDesign.

Viewing the image in the file in InDesign shows it with the incorrect font and creating a PDF shows the exact same way.

Does anyone know why Illustrator and InDesign still does not see the font and substitutes Courier?

Anything else I need to do directly with the Adobe products in question (folders, etc.) to have it see Arimo?

Do I need a different type of Arimo font (instead of a True Type Font)?

Is there a font manager that I could/should be using that could fix this?

BobLevine
Community Expert
BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 20, 2018

You need to have whoever is creating these files make sure that all fonts are embedded. It’s possible that it’s an old font that doesn’t allow it.

JonathanArias
JonathanArias
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June 16, 2018

Is it a font issue?

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 18, 2018

JonathanArias  wrote

Is it a font issue?

Very likely.

A font the client did not embed to the EPS or cannot embed.

And the Courier like one we see in the screenshots is the "substitute" for the missing one.

Brad00168 : Could you provide one sample EPS with a download service like Dropbox so that I can have a look?

You can publish the link here or send me a personal message. Hover my name with the mouse, wait a moment, then press button "message".

Regards,
Uwe

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Migintosh
Legend
June 16, 2018

My first thought is that he has a font that you don't.

BobLevine
Community Expert
BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 15, 2018

Open them in Illy and save them as AI files. Place those.

Brad00168
Brad00168Author
Participant
June 16, 2018

The only problem with that is that the client I am working with currently saves "Views" in Composer that he uses directly into InDesign (for his publications).  He has no issues when he does it with his CC version of InDesign. He would like me to follow that same "best practice" he has set for his pubs department. So, I wanted to be able to avoid touching the file and taking those extra steps to open and re-save in Illustrator.  Any other thoughts on settings in InDesign that would make these display this way?

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 16, 2018

EPS is not best practice. It’s a pretty archaic file format.

That out of the way, it sounds like the fonts may not be embedded. Since they are installed on the client’s machine everything’s fine but you might be missing them.

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