[scribus] Outlining fonts

Ken Springer snowshed1 at q.com
Sun Jan 24 16:21:57 UTC 2021


On 1/24/21 9:03 AM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 1/24/21 10:04 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
>> On 1/24/21 4:55 AM, Sveinn í Felli wrote:
>>> Þann 24.1.2021 11:29, skrifaði Ken Springer:
>>>> On 1/24/21 12:02 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>>>> On 1/23/21 9:32 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
>>> ----
>>>> Bert Driehuis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The major drawback of outlining is that the generated PDF is no longer
>>>>> searchable.
>>>>
>>>> So, am I to take from your reply, you are not concerned if the finished
>>>> PDF is searchable?
>>>
>>> IMHO, a PDF distributed on the web should be searchable and perhaps
>>> having images in 100 DPI, while a PDF sent to a printshop doesn't need
>>> to be searchable but image resolution needs to be at least 300 DPI.
>>> Two different scopes.
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> I guess, in this case, Joe's PDF's are not available online.
>>
>>
> 
> What you can do on a practical level when desired is to create one PDF with outlined fonts for the printer, another with embedded fonts for digital distribution.

Agreed.




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