Sharing files between Mac and Windows

[Celticaster]

Hi, 

Apologies if this topic has been covered. I use all 3 apps for both business and pleasure (outside of work I do some photography so AP is my main app).

For work though, I use all three, I use AP for product shots, Designer and Publisher for product labels and tech data bulletins etc - it works fine. I am not a designer so I basically use the programs to either edit files my freelance designer creates for me, or create mock ups, sketches or in some cases labels that are 80% good enough but I then pass onto my designer to finish/correct/finesses etc. - It is better than me trying to tell her what I need with written brief.

The issue is that when I get files back from her (she works in Adobe and on a Mac) this is fine if I am just using her finished files which send straight the printer, but if I want to do anything on them (I sometimes make other versions - different product sizes for example where I sell so few it does not warrant having them professionally printed), I will invariably not have the right fonts installed. 

In addition to this, I just purchased a Mac for use at home, I will have the Mac versions of the affinity apps - will I have any issues creating files on the mac, and then trying to work on them in work on Windows, are some of the fonts common to both?

Sorry if this seems like a basic question but it is not my area of expertise

Kind regards

Ian 

[v_kyr]

As there are thousends of different fonts avaiable, it's often wise to embed or to stroke these into shared documents, so you don't have to search and get the missing fonts first installed on your system. - Other than that you will have to identify any in a document missing font, download and install it onto your system, in cases that specific font is missing on your Win or Mac system.

[Celticaster]

OK thank you 

Ian

[walt.farrell]

If you're using Designer or Publisher, you can use File > Save as Package... which will let you save a .afpackage file rather than a .afdesign or .afpub file. The packaging process will create an additional folder for the package, which will contain the .afpackage file and additional folders for any embedded/linked resources (images, etc.) and any fonts that are used in the document.

You can then transport the package directory, containing the .afpackage file and the additional Images & Fonts folders, to the other machine. Or simply access them over the network if you're willing to risk that.

Using this approach you will have the correct fonts available, to match what your colleague used on their machine, when working on that project.