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worker201:
Too late, the project's already done.

The point is that I shouldn't have to.

Aloone_Jonez:

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2. By default, Windows does not include any Type1 fonts or OpenType fonts.  You have to get these from somewhere else.

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Which version of Windows?
I was browsing my Windows 3.1 directory on my other machine with Windows 2000 and I'm certain some of the fonts said opentype on the font viewer, I could upload them if you like, providing it isn't against the rules.

worker201:
I'm sure it is against the rules.

Windows XP SP2.  Here's a visual sample of my fonts folder:


Although some of the fonts have OpenType icons, they are still ttf OpenType, and not true OpenType.  The only fonts on my computer that are not ttf are the ones provided by Adobe, which can be found in c:\Program Files\Common\Adobe\Fonts

mobrien_12:
You should read The Scourge of Arial to learn about that knockoff font's history.  It's there as a substitute for Helvectica because MS (unlike Apple) didn't want to pay for the real thing.

The Helvectica font that comes free with Linux distros isn't really Helvectica, you know.  It's Nimbus-Sans, but it's aliased to the postscript name Helvectica.

You can get Nimbus-Sans Type 1 fonts on Windows as part of the gnu-ghostscript font package.  

THe older versions of acrobat viewer actually came prepackaged with copies of official Adobe type 1 postscript fonts in a fonts directory.  One of them was helvectica.

My webpage  has lots of information on building PDFs.  It's geared to using ghostscript, but since Acrobat distiller also uses the adobe postscript driver, all the font tips will work there, including how to keep  TrueType fonts out of your PDF files.

worker201:
Great article, very informative.  I appreciate that.
 
--- Quote ---It's been a very long time since I was actually a fan of Helvetica, but the fact is Helvetica became popular on its own merits. Arial owes its very existence to that success but is little more than a parasite
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