Fluk3 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Long time Adobe guy here, boycotting their CC ransome-ware nonsense. I love what you're doing - and I'm spreading the word enthusiastically. Opening some of my .ai files for carton and label designs, I find two major issues for my workflow. 1. Are Mac Postscript fonts supported? I have vast libraries of design fonts that I can't afford to repurchase. 2. Can images be linked instead of embedded? I can't find a way to do it. This is vital to those of us with hundreds of SKU's that share standing elements that change across the board sometimes. I know pantone support is being talked about so I won't ask that here :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted August 21, 2014 Staff Share Posted August 21, 2014 1. Are Mac Postscript fonts supported? I have vast libraries of design fonts that I can't afford to repurchase. 2. Can images be linked instead of embedded? I can't find a way to do it. This is vital to those of us with hundreds of SKU's that share standing elements that change across the board sometimes. I know pantone support is being talked about so I won't ask that here :) 1. I'm not sure what is involved with supporting Postscript fonts on a Mac. I have implemented Type 1 on Windows before but I will have to investigate for OSX, 2. Linked images will added for Affinity Publisher and the other Affinity applications will pick up the feature at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluk3 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 1. I'm not sure what is involved with supporting Postscript fonts on a Mac. I have implemented Type 1 on Windows before but I will have to investigate for OSX, 2. Linked images will added for Affinity Publisher and the other Affinity applications will pick up the feature at the same time. 1. Thanks, I'm sure many Mac centric print shops and design firms would appreciate that. From what I understand, Windows used to have a harder time with type1 fonts compared to Mac OS, which was apparently one of the reasons the Mac was preferred back in the 90's and 00's. Lots of us still use Adobe font folio, House Industries, T26 foundries, etc. from the golden age, and they weren't cheap ;) 2. I assumed the page layout app would have to support linking - very nice to know that feature will be shared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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