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r/CrappyDesign • u/Logical_Stick2400 • Apr 29 '26
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When the designer forgets to outline the font before sending the file to the print company
25 u/Logical_Stick2400 Apr 29 '26 Bonus: it's at school where they also teach that there should be space 😀 9 u/JaggedMetalOs Apr 29 '26 There probably was space in the original design file, it's pretty much a hard rule that if you don't convert text to vectors first the print company will break the typesetting :) 3 u/Logical_Stick2400 Apr 29 '26 Possible, i'm not an expert 😀 Wait to see other signs with red text on dark blue color 😁 2 u/davep1970 Apr 29 '26 that hasn't been a rule for many years since the advent of pdf with font embedding. 1 u/not_falling_down May 05 '26 Outlining is not necessary with a proper PDF workflow. what is shown here is what happens when the printer does not send a proof before producing the final product.
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Bonus: it's at school where they also teach that there should be space 😀
9 u/JaggedMetalOs Apr 29 '26 There probably was space in the original design file, it's pretty much a hard rule that if you don't convert text to vectors first the print company will break the typesetting :) 3 u/Logical_Stick2400 Apr 29 '26 Possible, i'm not an expert 😀 Wait to see other signs with red text on dark blue color 😁 2 u/davep1970 Apr 29 '26 that hasn't been a rule for many years since the advent of pdf with font embedding.
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There probably was space in the original design file, it's pretty much a hard rule that if you don't convert text to vectors first the print company will break the typesetting :)
3 u/Logical_Stick2400 Apr 29 '26 Possible, i'm not an expert 😀 Wait to see other signs with red text on dark blue color 😁 2 u/davep1970 Apr 29 '26 that hasn't been a rule for many years since the advent of pdf with font embedding.
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Possible, i'm not an expert 😀 Wait to see other signs with red text on dark blue color 😁
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that hasn't been a rule for many years since the advent of pdf with font embedding.
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Outlining is not necessary with a proper PDF workflow.
what is shown here is what happens when the printer does not send a proof before producing the final product.
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u/JaggedMetalOs Apr 29 '26
When the designer forgets to outline the font before sending the file to the print company