Multiple Master Fonts

[Peter Griggs]

I am using Mac OSX (10.2.8) and Macromedia Freehand MX along with Font Agent
Pro 2.0 (to manage my fonts). When using Multiple Master fonts all of them will
default to the base font when printing or converting to paths (any bold,
italic, extended, etc. will default back). Illustrator in comparison does not
have this problem. Does anyone have a suggestion?

[Judy Arndt]

What version of FHMX are you using? There was a bug fix in FH 11.0.2
regarding MM fonts:
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/freehand/ts/documents/fh11_0_2_overview.ht[/url]
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Judy Arndt

Peter Griggs wrote:

> I am using Mac OSX (10.2.8) and Macromedia Freehand MX along with Font Agent
> Pro 2.0 (to manage my fonts). When using Multiple Master fonts all of them
> will default to the base font when printing or converting to paths (any bold,
> italic, extended, etc. will default back). Illustrator in comparison does not
> have this problem. Does anyone have a suggestion?
>

[Les]

Judy

The problem Peter describes has most certainly not been fixed by any of
the updates thus far (at least on the mac). All MM Fonts will revert to
the base font at print time or when you 'convert to paths', which
renders them pretty much useless for serious typography in MX.

Cheers
Les

--
Les O'Neill
Graphics Technician
Anthropology Department
University of Otago

[Judy Arndt]

I agree that there are some serious font handling problems with FHMX/OS X.

Sadly for those who purchased Multiple Master fonts, Adobe is no longer
developing or supporting the Multiple Master format. OpenType is the wave of
the future.

[url]http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/19432.html[/url]
Quote from near the end of the article:
"Today, multiple master technology is all but dead. A couple of years ago,
Adobe stopped officially supporting it -- which means, in effect, that
there's no guarantee that a multiple master font will work properly in new
versions of Adobe applications."

I suppose the same is true for Macromedia applications.

Judy Arndt

Les wrote:

> The problem Peter describes has most certainly not been fixed by any of
> the updates thus far (at least on the mac). All MM Fonts will revert to
> the base font at print time or when you 'convert to paths', which
> renders them pretty much useless for serious typography in MX.

[Les]

Hi Judy

I agree that OpenType is the way of the future but sadly Macromedia
still has not implemented support for these i.e. only the basic 256
glyphs are able to be accessed which means the only fonts I can use
reliably in FH are Type 1 fonts with their associated expert sets if
available. I have petitioned MM several times since the development of
OS X, for unicode/opentype support, alas to no avail at this late stage!

May I also take this opportunity to thank you for the time you spend
here helping people solve their various problems with the program, I
can't count the amount of invaluable tips I've learned here from you,
JET and others, so thanks.

Take care
Les

--
Les O'Neill
Graphics Technician
Anthropology Department
University of Otago

[Judy Arndt]

OpenType requires a completely overhauled text engine and a loss of
backwards compatibility. If you think it's is a painless process, read the
furor on the adobe.illustrator.macintosh forum. The posts by Mordy Golding
are the most informative.

[url]http://tinyurl.com/yvqu5[/url]

Thanks so much for the kind words, Les. I'm glad to hear I'm helping a few
folks. :-)

Judy Arndt


Les wrote:

> Hi Judy
>
> I agree that OpenType is the way of the future but sadly Macromedia
> still has not implemented support for these i.e. only the basic 256
> glyphs are able to be accessed which means the only fonts I can use
> reliably in FH are Type 1 fonts with their associated expert sets if
> available. I have petitioned MM several times since the development of
> OS X, for unicode/opentype support, alas to no avail at this late stage!
>
> May I also take this opportunity to thank you for the time you spend
> here helping people solve their various problems with the program, I
> can't count the amount of invaluable tips I've learned here from you,
> JET and others, so thanks.
>
> Take care
> Les

[Martin Gamache]

Just a few...Macromedia should be sending you a monthly check.

"Judy Arndt" <jarndt@shawbiz.ca> wrote in message
news:BCCEBE47.18266%jarndt@shawbiz.ca...

> Thanks so much for the kind words, Les. I'm glad to hear I'm helping a few
> folks. :-)
>

[Judy Arndt]

Good idea! Make a wish to the FreeHand wish list. ;oD

Judy Arndt


Martin Gamache wrote:

> Just a few...Macromedia should be sending you a monthly check.
>
> "Judy Arndt" <jarndt@shawbiz.ca> wrote in message
> news:BCCEBE47.18266%jarndt@shawbiz.ca...

>> Thanks so much for the kind words, Les. I'm glad to hear I'm helping a few
>> folks. :-)
>>

>
>

[Bill]

You should just put a paypal link in your sig, Judy... "Donations
Accepted." You'd get rich!



--
Bill
FHMX/Win98/Athlon2100+/512M


On Mon, 17 May 2004 21:25:08 -0600, Judy Arndt <jarndt@shawbiz.ca> wrote:

> Good idea! Make a wish to the FreeHand wish list. ;oD
>
> Judy Arndt
>
>
> Martin Gamache wrote:
>

>> Just a few...Macromedia should be sending you a monthly check.
>>
>> "Judy Arndt" <jarndt@shawbiz.ca> wrote in message
>> news:BCCEBE47.18266%jarndt@shawbiz.ca...

>>> Thanks so much for the kind words, Les. I'm glad to hear I'm helping a
>>> few
>>> folks. :-)
>>>

>>
>>

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