tech font Q - does Save as EPS convert TrueType fonts to Type 1?

[Chris Denesha]

Hello,

I'm putting my new MacPro (OSX 10.4.10) through its paces, and am 
currently testing C7.0.6 with *just* the fonts installed in System -> 
Library -> Fonts.

I have a test document with sample text in Courier, Helvetica, Times, 
Symbol, and Zapg Dingbats.  Thus the fonts being used are all TrueType 
.dfonts.

When I Save As PDF, the fonts embedded are TrueType.  When I Save As EPS 
and distill with Distiller 8, the fonts embedded are all Type 1!

I duplicated the document in InDesign CS3 - the Exported PDF has 
embedded TrueType fonts and the Exported EPS that is distilled with 
Distiller 8 has embedded Type 1 fonts as well.

I suspected Distiller, so I removed the Adobe font location from its 
font locations - no change.

When I open Creator's EPS in TextEdit and look at the font definitions, 
they all say '%%Generated from a TrueType font by Creator 2'.

Do you think C7 is converting the fonts as it makes the EPS?  Perhaps as 
an industry-standard developer trick?

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chris denesha
Advertising & Telephone Systems Support, IT
The Day Publishing Company
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