Neil Gould
06-23-2003, 05:45 PM
Hi,
"M H" <someone@somewhere.earth.org> wrote in message
news:vf8cic3rv5abd@news.supernews.com... I am having the following problem. I draw a graph using AI and opened a PDF files and used some of the
symbols from there to label my graph. And then saved the AI file as EPS (with
the option of including document font). The file looks fine when I use it in other application. But when I try to reopen it within AI to make changes, I get a warning message saying "The documents uses fonts or characters which are not available or are in a different format than originally specified". And
the symbols I used previously look different. Any idea how can I fix that. TIA
You don't say which version of Illustrator that you are using, but I'll
offer a couple of ideas.
* The font that was in the PDF that you used are probably not on your
system. Without a complete installed font, Illustrator may not be able to
edit the font. This is part of some fonts' copy-protection scheme.
* If the font *is* installed on your system, you should be able to use the
"Find Font" functions to swap in the correct font and go on from there.
Hope this helps,
--
Neil Gould
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Terra Tu AV - www.terratu.com
Technical Graphics & Media
"M H" <someone@somewhere.earth.org> wrote in message
news:vf8cic3rv5abd@news.supernews.com... I am having the following problem. I draw a graph using AI and opened a PDF files and used some of the
symbols from there to label my graph. And then saved the AI file as EPS (with
the option of including document font). The file looks fine when I use it in other application. But when I try to reopen it within AI to make changes, I get a warning message saying "The documents uses fonts or characters which are not available or are in a different format than originally specified". And
the symbols I used previously look different. Any idea how can I fix that. TIA
You don't say which version of Illustrator that you are using, but I'll
offer a couple of ideas.
* The font that was in the PDF that you used are probably not on your
system. Without a complete installed font, Illustrator may not be able to
edit the font. This is part of some fonts' copy-protection scheme.
* If the font *is* installed on your system, you should be able to use the
"Find Font" functions to swap in the correct font and go on from there.
Hope this helps,
--
Neil Gould
--------------------------------------
Terra Tu AV - www.terratu.com
Technical Graphics & Media