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I have been searching the help program in acrobat professional to see about getting the fonts to convert properly into an EPS with no luck.
Anyone have any input? I have tried to embed, convert to outline and also clicked on just about everything else available with no luck.
Or is it just not going to happen.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Not sure I understand your question. Is it how to take fonts from a PDF and convert to EPS?
If the PDF is in editable form you cand do just about anything to it. The key word is editable.
I bet I'm way off base. NO?
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It works quite well for converting PDF's to EPS. Don't know if it is what you need but it is a free trial.
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you export your work as a eps and then take into distiller to make the pdf.
no converting to curves needed.
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I send PDFs to Printers and Salespersons all the time using Illustrator with no problem on layers and fonts needed for the project.
Just remember to keep all your layers open and not to flatten the image or lock the fonts when you send it to your clients until approval.
Then I will flatten the image and send it to the printer in Tiff or Png format under a PDF file. It more or less helps compress the file for the other end and keep the image chrisp for reproduction.
I hope this site will help your needs.
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Saw the following a while back, can't remember the source. I have used this a few times and works well on files that are not text heavy(great for sign work, not ad layouts). Should work and any CS version of Illustrator.
1. Create a new file, any size will do. 2. Click on File -> Place and select the pdf file. The dialog box will show link and template. Checkmark on Link but DO NOT check template. Click OK 3. The file should display with the bounding box around it. Now click on object -> flatten transparency in the menu. You will get another dialog box to come up. Make sure raster/vector balance is set to 100% vectors. Also check "convert all text to outlines". All other checked boxes are not of great concern when it is the missing font you are after. I have attached a screen shot of the "flatten transparency settings. Click OK. 4. YOU'RE DONE! You now have a pdf file and you did not need the fonts in order to open. IMPORTANT: Keep in mind that this does not help you out if you want to edit the text. If that is needed, then you must buy the font. This simply allows you to open up pdfs without having the necessary fonts installed. 5. The only thing left may be a bounding box that you can remove. In Illustrator, I click on the direct selection tool (shortcut A on keyboard). Drag across the bounding box only. Hit delete twice, and that is now gone.
[ June 06, 2008, 02:00 AM: Message edited by: Bob Noyes ]
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Just open it in corel, and select convert text to curves.
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I don't quite understand the question either, but I'm guessing Sam received a .pdf file, containing text set in a font he does not own... but appearing correctly in the .pdf document, possibly because it has been rasterized.
I'm guessing he was hoping the font (or a vectorized outline of the text) is somehow embedded, and that converting to an .eps will result in a vector art file of the text in it's proper font.
I'm also guessing it either results in an .eps file with a raster image, or a vector file that substitutes the font.
If I'm guessing right (which is a long shot), I don't think there is a solution with only that file to work from.
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Doug, Thanks for putting all of that in the proper words for me.
That is exactly what I was trying to do, I new it was a long shot.
I have know problem getting the art from the customer converted (which already was taken care of by Dave Shirby) Thanks Dave!
I was searching this process just to help on a few misc. files you get once in a while, just wanted to make sure that programs I already have are being used to the best of my abilities.
Ian, I will send the file home and try the Corel step too. I do not have Corel on the shop computer.
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Don't give up on it yet. Below is how I use Illustrator to convert a PDF to outlines, even if I don't have the fonts loaded. It has worked great for me:
Posted by The Vector Doctor on Signs101.com:
1. Create a new file, any size will do.
2. Click on File -> Place and select the pdf file. The dialog box will show link and template. Checkmark on Link but DO NOT check template. Click OK
3. The file should display with the bounding box around it. Now click on object -> flatten transparency in the menu. You will get another dialog box to come up. Make sure raster/vector balance is set to 100% vectors. Also check "convert all text to outlines". All other checked boxes are not of great concern when it is the missing font you are after. I have attached a screen shot of the "flatten transparency settings. Click OK.
4. YOU'RE DONE! You now have a pdf file and you did not need the fonts in order to open. IMPORTANT: Keep in mind that this does not help you out if you want to edit the text. If that is needed, then you must buy the font. This simply allows you to open up pdfs without having the necessary fonts installed.
5. The only thing left may be a bounding box that you can remove. In Illustrator, I click on the direct selection tool (shortcut A on keyboard). Drag across the bounding box only. Hit delete twice, and that is now gone.
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[ June 06, 2008, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: Sam Staffan ]
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