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01/21/2005 12:52:53 PM · #1			 | 
		
		| Does anyone happen to have the PC version of the font "Suburban Light" that they could possibly email me? My boyfriend is making a decal from a design for a client but their font is the mac version. |  
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01/21/2005 12:56:29 PM · #2			 | 
		
		"Suburban" is a copyrighted font from Emigre: //www.myfonts.com/foundry/emigre/
 
 They sell it for $39.00. Asking for someone to e-mail a copy to you is asking for software piracy. Not a good idea IMO.
 
 Robt.
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01/21/2005 12:58:24 PM · #3			 | 
		
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01/21/2005 01:03:48 PM · #4			 | 
		
		If the decal needs only a single word, or something liek that, in Suburban light, something simple, have his client do the text in as large a size as possible and embed it in a PDF file (assuming the client has Acrobat); he can use that PDF file to derive the text in several ways, including (at worst) printing it out and scanning it. If it's large enough, he'll get good results scanning a printout and reducing it to fit. If he wants to fit the text to a curve, this would be problematic.
 
 Robt.
 
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01/21/2005 01:07:26 PM · #5			 | 
		
		 
 decal?
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01/21/2005 01:07:45 PM · #6			 | 
		
		| That's a good idea. I'm not sure that it's a single word. I'll have to ask. I'll give him your idea. Thanks! |  
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01/21/2005 01:08:38 PM · #7			 | 
		
		| I'm not sure if he's making a car decel. I think he might be making a license plate for someone. |  
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01/21/2005 01:09:42 PM · #8			 | 
		
		Set the type on a Mac and convert the letterforms to paths, then save as a vector file (Illustrator or FreeHand EPS). You should be able to manipulate that on a PC.
 
 If this is a regular a problem, you can convert Mac fonts to PC with TransType, but I don't know if that's kosher with the font license agreements. |  
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01/21/2005 01:11:35 PM · #9			 | 
		
		| print the font>scan>clean up in PS. |  
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01/21/2005 01:14:58 PM · #10			 | 
		
		Originally posted by faidoi:   print the font>scan>clean up in PS.  |   
 
 Why would you do that when you can just save it in PS and eliminate the scan? |  
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01/21/2005 01:18:53 PM · #11			 | 
		
		Originally posted by scalvert:   Originally posted by faidoi:   print the font>scan>clean up in PS.  |   
 
 Why would you do that when you can just save it in PS and eliminate the scan?  |   
 
 Duh :) |  
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01/21/2005 01:19:41 PM · #12			 | 
		
		People,
 
 The CLIENT has the mac, the boyfriend does not. If the designer/bf owned the mac and the mac version of the font, there wouldn't be a problem. If the client has Corel or Illustrator, there also isn't a problem; set the type, convert to curves, email the file, let the designer/bf work with that.
 
 I'm operating on the assumption this isn't a viable option, or the deisgner/bf would have figured that out by now...
 
 I used to have this problem all the time when I did graphic design for a silkscreen/t-shirt company.
 
 Robt.
  Message edited by author 2005-01-21 13:20:27.
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