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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / March 2007Open Type font cross-platform compatibility
Hi We're transferring Office documents between OS X and Windows XP. We use our own custom OpenType fonts, created in FontLab, which are PS flavour. We have the following issues: Word and Excel: Naming of fonts on Mac is different from PC version. Result: Files created on OS X embed a font name/style name that is not recognized by XP. Files created under XP embed font names which can be understood by OS X. So - problem arises when XP-created docs need to be edited by Mac users and returned to PC users. PowerPoint: Docs created on a PC using these fonts default to Arial when opened on a Mac; Docs created on a Mac using these fonts default to Courier. We are using Office 2004; OS X 10.4.9 Any advice? Will this be fixed in Office 2007? Paul Luna Department of Typography University of Reading UK Hello Paul, I'd need to know more about the fonts and their identification schemes to be able to answer definitively but post script fonts should perform well cross platform. I would be especially interested to know if your font identification differed from the methodology described on page 220 of the FLS manual in the "How to Make a Font Family" section. FLS Manual Link: http://www.font.to/downloads/manuals/FLS5MacManual.zip Thanks, Priyanka > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Department of Typography > University of Reading UK Thanks, Priyanka. I can try to get this info, or I can send you the one of the fonts privately. Paul I would be especially interested to know if your font > identification differed from the methodology described on page 220 of the > FLS manual in the "How to Make a Font Family" section. Hi Paul, It would be better to just get this info. Thanks, Priyanka > Thanks, Priyanka. I can try to get this info, or I can send you the > one of the fonts privately. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> identification differed from the methodology described on page 220 of the >> FLS manual in the "How to Make a Font Family" section. |
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