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Re: Outline font example as per Blue Book gives black page when Distilled

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From: John Deubert
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:56
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On 2012-07-10 03:12:46 +0000, fatihah_9177@yahoo.com said:

> On Friday, 7 May 2010 06:05:15 UTC+8, Michael Krzepkowski  wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I used the outline font in my application. It all works fine on the
>> printer and when pdf is created using ps2pdf.
>> However, when the same file is processed with Adobe Distiller or
>> with Preview on my Mac, I get a black page (not blank, black!).
>> 
>> The exact example from the Blue Book behaves the same way (p. 205).
>> 
>> Is there anything I should change in the settings of the Distiller or
>> there is another way of getting the custom outline font?
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> Michael

The April 2002 issue of the Acumen Journal (#15) has an article on 
making outline fonts that you might find useful. It's free for the 
downloading at www.acumentraining.com/acumenjournal.html.

Hope that helps.

- John

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