Type & Typography

I'm trying to install an OpenType font in WinXP (Inconsolata).  When I select the file in the font installation dialog, it just says "Unable to install the ... font. The font file may be damaged. Check with your vendor about obtaining a new file."  I'm getting the .otf file from http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html. I've also tried http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/samples/a/albert.htm with the same result. I've tried downloading the file (from Firefox) several times.

i was working with a fornt for quiet some time and my system crashed deleting all my work and the font.. i have no clue what the name of that font is can some one tell me the name of this font, or is there a tool that can take a jpeg and  find the name of the font?the firrst half of the  logo  is the font that i am interested in.the logo is Exposedout" from which the OUT part is white in color so you cant see it.Please help!thanks and regardexposedout

Is there a tool for editing multiple words in a paragraph at the same time? Example to add bold, italics, change the color or change the font to certain words in that particular paragraph?

Hi, I'm starting a course at University which has a typography element to it. I have been advised to buy the above mentioned software.I can see the software on the US version of the Adobe website, but not the UK version... Am I looking in the wrong place, and could anyone direct me please?Here is the link to the software on the US educational store:http://www.adobe.com/education/products/fontfolioeducationessentials/Thanks.

I understand you can use the same .otf files both on Mac and PC.1. Is this trouble free creating a document using these fonts on one platform and then opening the document on another platform and performing tasks with it... printing, creating PDF etc?2. Is there any difference using Quarkxpress and Indesign with Opentype fonts?3. If creating documents in Indesign and I need to convert these to Quarkxpress documents using a conversion plugin such as ID2Q is there any issues with these fonts.Thanks in advance for any help.Tim

I asked this on the Indesign board, and was sent here. I'm typesetting a fair bit of math, and my time would be cut in half if I can find an OT version that supports the alternative/nut fractions (with horizontal line). I've managed to find a few fonts that have them built in as glyphs, but none that make use of the afrc (alternative fractions) feature.However, I'm not sure if CS4 supports the afrc (alternative fractions) at all? I found this page from 2007, but it hasn't been updated...http://www.typotheque.com/fonts/opentype_feature_supportCan anyone fill me in?

Please help me in finding this font. i've been looking for it for a very long time.The picture contains the letter "A" in the circle. I want the exact font.Following are the links to a same image:http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/ahmedakg/?action=view&current=business-cards-design-inspiration18.jpghttp://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/ahmedakg/business-cards-design-inspiration18.jpg<a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/ahmedakg/?action=view&current=business-cards-design-inspiration18.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d194/ahmedakg/business-cards-design-inspiration18.jpg" border="0" alt="Business card"></a>Thanks & RegardsAhmed A.ahmedakg@gmail.com(Please Email me if any1 finds it)

Hi,Wondering if anyone successfully installed new chinese characters fonts in PS CS4?I downloaded some fonts, managed to install in Windows but these chinese fonts are not reflected in PS. I'm currently using Vista.I only have problem with chinese fonts as installation of other fonts works well.The chinese fonts i'm trying to install are named HanDing-CS-Fonts (Truetype).Can anyone help me out with this?Thanks! = )

Hey Everyone!I was in MS Word 2007 the other day when I found a perfect font for a title. Knowing that I'd want to use it in other formats, I opened up Photoshop & InDesign to create a larger version of it. However, Photoshop refuses to use the font (you select the font and it just disappears). I did a little research on the internet and found out that the font I'm trying to use, Gautami, is supposed to look like this:http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1570However, I opened up the otf file and got this preview (which is what I'm looking for!)Here it is in MS Word:And now in Photoshop:Can anybody tell me why this is happening? Did my fonts get switched up somehow? I'm dying to use the font as seen in the Word document 😕😕Thanks a lot for your time!

has any one seen some good examples of "change of address" cards or flyers?its for a job for a local telephone franchise.any tips greatfully accepted.  Im thinking that a map is a good idea.

I've tried running a few fonts through TTX and back and have noticed a few puzzling changes:(1)  All the glyph bounding boxes get recalculated, often to 15% to 25% smaller than original.(2) The numberOfHMetrics value in one font got changed from 141 to 140.The questions are:(1) Can shrinking the bounding boxes cause any compatibility problems with old apps that may have been fine-tuned to use the older, sloppier boxes?(2) Any idea why TTX would compute a different number of Glyphs than in the original TT font file? Any answers appreciated.Regards,George

I recently was deleting fonts from Extensis Suitcase Fusion. Apparently, at some point, I tossed a font that upset Fusion. Now whenever I try to access the app. (to add a folder, font, etc.) I get a "Connection Failed" notice that reads–"The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again."This pop-up prevents me from doing anything with Fusion.I am not, and never have been, connected to a server.My computer is an iMac.Any thoughts?

Can anyone explain why the oldstyle figures in Linotype Didot are the size they are in proportion to each other? 0, 1 and 2 are so small compared to 3 through 9 that they look really strange. Is there a general principle that designers follow when creating figures like this?Thanks,John

We have a client who restricts our use of fonts, specifically stating that all use "must be 10 point or larger Arial or Times New Roman font type." We frequently use Arial Narrow when developing complex graphics and tables for this client but were recently advised that Arial Narrow is 'another type of font' and unallowable per their instructions. An ongoing (and costly) discussion is taking place.I always thought that Arial Narrow was a subset of the Font Family Arial. Have I been wrong all these years and must now confess my ignorance???  And are Font Families different than Font Types? Please help answer this question as resetting everything (and we do not use Arial Narrow in body text for those of you freaking out) will be nightmare as we have page restrictions in this 300 page document also. My thanks in advance is somebody can explain it in a way that even an engineering group could understand. Gofigyyer [who still can't believe I couldn't answer this question after all these

Hello, All.I would like to use a cursive font in my PDF, or some other font that looks like natural handwriting. But, if the user that I send it to doesn't have the same font installed, will s/he be able to see the custom font? Or, will the PDF default to Times New Roman, Arial, etc.?I understand that fonts can be somehow "embedded" into a pdf, but I don't really understand what this means, and the advantage/disadvantage of doing it.Thanks for your time to respond to my question!

I find in a mid-16th century Spanish printed publication the use of two lower case r's.  See attached PNG. "El tercero libro" demonstrates this where a fairly standard lower case "r" is used int "tercero" whereas in a different character is used in "libro".Does anyone know the context in which one is chosen instead of the other?Does anyone know if this is a common or historic convention and if a particular Unicode character would be used for this today?I find consistant usage of each character in words that are repeated but cannot decipher a rule regarding usage either by proximity to consonants or vowels, beginning or ending of words or syllables, use in nouns or verbs, etc, etc.  Perhaps it is related to pronunciation but I can't establish that since I don't speak Renaissance Spanish.

What is the typeface that Adobe is using for their CS3 or CS4 icons please( example, Fl, ID, AI, Ps, DW- what font is on the icons)Thanks

Hi there,I'm new to these forums and apologize if I'm in the wrong place. I was wondering if there is a utility I can use to view uninstalled fonts? I have a CD with fonts that I'd like to preview. I can double click each, but it is getting tedious. By the way, I'm on a Mac running Tiger. I know I can use Preview, but it still opens each individually in cascading windows. Would utilities such as FontAgent or FontExplorer be useful for this? I would also like to print a sample of all the fonts for reference.Thank you in advance for any assistance or direction!

Hello,I am using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extendedwhile exporting acrobat 9 pdf file to PDF/X( to open it on earlier version)it is giving following message"The document has been saved, however , it could not be converted according to the selected standard profile: Convert to PDF/X.Please use Preflight with the profile 'Convert to PDF/X' in order to identify those properties of the document which prevent itfrom being compliant to this profile."when opening this converted document to Acrobat 5.0it is giving following error"There was an error while opening this document the file is damaged and could not be repaired.".Please help me.Thanks

Hi,Are you supposed to use accent marks on capital letters?  I'm creating a design (for a graphic-design class) about the painter Salvador Dali (the Ii in his last name has an accent mark on it).  I'm going to use the name DALI in all-caps.  I'm not sure if the accent is used in all caps.  Does anyone know?Thanks, Phyllis

  I am looking for some non-reduntant, sans serif, proportionally spaced fonts.  That is:1)  Courier is non-reduntant (each letter and number is different), but it has serifs and is fixed width2)  Arial is sans serif and proportionally spaced, but redundant.  For example using Arial for the word  "Illustrator"  upper case "i" and lower case "L" look the same.A font like Arial would be fine if it had an upper case "i" that looked like "I".  It would be nice to have a font table listing the various attributes of the common fonts

I received great help here before so I wanted to ask a couple more questions. The restaurant I work for recently put up a small banner-type advertisement in the bar that said: "Dini's Happy Hour's..." and I was a little disappointed to not be a part of the design process, so I made a good-natured jab to the owner that he shouldn't do printed promos without my input. This started the apostrophe conversation amongst the locals at the bar—everybody agreed that the apostrophe in Hour's was incorrect. But one person also felt strongly that Dini's should have been Dinis'. I can't quote her reason (it was happy hour) but something like that Dini's was becoming a plural possessive or ??? The restaurant is named "Dini's Bistro" and one of the owners last name is Dini.The second part is that I learned in a typography class years ago that it is bad form to do things in all capitals, (hard to read, ugly etc.) but I don't remember learning anything about using small capitals. That's what the sign c

I am at a dead end trying to find a typeface which is not a script, which offers me more than one stroke weight for Traditional Chinese and South Korean characters. I need a typeface which will compliment Helvetica.Please help!Thank you

Hello,I am trying to install some Type1 Univers fonts that are from around 1994(at least that's the copyright date) onto a xp PC. Each font consists of a .pfb,.pfm,.wfn file.when i installs these file i got error ".pfb file is invalid or damaged."Thank,

DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THE ADOBE SVG. I PURCHASED A DISC THAT HAS TECHNICAL MANUAL ON IT AND I CANT GET MY COMPUTER TO OPEN IT .ALL I GET IS A READ ME   BOX ON THE  DRIVE . AND IT CONTAINS THE ADOBE SVG INFO BUT NO DOWNLOAD BAR . BUT I DID DOWNLOAD THE SVG FROM C-NET. BUT IT STILL WILL NOT OPEN .WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?