Comments on: Type 1 fonts

By: Mo Vega

Mo Vega — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:14:19 +0000

Hi Kristina,

What program did you use to convert the files from QuarkXpress to InDesign? Also, what versions of QuarkXpress and InDesign are you using?

Have you tried replacing the failing fonts with another Cyrillic font (to rule out font corruption)?

Depending on the success of the QuarkXpress to InDesign conversion, replacing the fonts with new font files should solve your problem. Again, depending on the conversion, the translation information should remain within the InDesign file.

Many blessings,

-Mo
mo (at) pretran.com

By: KKeys

KKeys — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:57:36 +0000

hi – I have a large product brochure created in Quark express back in 2000 on a PC. We still work on PC’S here – Windows 2003 – and I have converted the file into an InDesign .indd, but many of the fonts are failing – particularly the TimesTen Cyrillic font. Without that font we lose all of our Russian translation, and would have to hire a new translator to redo the whole catalogue.

The original font files were saved with the project – and they have no extensions. I do not know if they are the .pfb or .pfm files – I only see one file for each font.

I have downloaded Adobe Type Manager Light – and I have no idea what to do with it. The program shows a directory of only my OTF fonts (not even the TTF) and nothing else is visible or selectable anywhere. If I do a font search with the ATM program and go to the folder with the fonts files from the old project, which I assume are PostScript 1 – nothing appears.

So, what am I missing?
If it is not possible to convert these old font files – or they are incomplete or corrupted – can I simply buy the new TimesTen Cyrillic font package from Adobe (TTF or OTF) and install? **Will those new font files recognize the input existing in my InDesign catalogue project?**

Thank you for your ideas in advance. This website has already given me at the very least some good information to keep searching with!

Best regards,
Kristina

By: Mo Vega

Mo Vega — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:06:06 +0000

Hi Tim,

I realize this is a late reply. Were you able to get the fonts working on your mac? Have you tried running some emulator software such as VM Fusion that will allow you to run the earlier OS X software?

Good luck!

By: Tim Schorn

Tim Schorn — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:31:28 +0000

I purchased a new Mac for the department and did not realize the processor was different when i ordered it. I have an Core i7 processor running 10.6 and i am having all kinds of trouble with Type 1 fonts. The software applications (QuarkXPress and InDesign) do not see the fonts. The problem is that the fonts are normally provided to us by our clients (we are a printer) and i have a brand new Mac that is basically useless for what we do.

I have been on the phone with Apple and they even sent me a 10.5 disk but I could not get it to even load because this is a 64-bit system.

Is this a known issue? Are there any fixes? Do you have any suggestions?

Any help is appreciated.