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Old April 2nd 18, 06:44 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Can Mac Adobe Illustrator read in a Microsoft PowerPoint with fonts?

In article , Ragnusen Ultred
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But we found a perfect solution which solves the actual endpoint problems
that we had, which were out of my control, namely:
1. A score of people had to work on the file (without installing fonts!)


and they haven't a clue what they're doing.

2. The shop is on Adobe Illustrator (which can't read embedded fonts!)


illustrator most certainly can read embedded fonts.

it might not be able to read the crap you are supplying but that's
because you have no idea what you're doing and creating non-standard
pdfs, not a flaw in illustrator.

in other words, user error.

We had an additional "psychological" issue with the shop (which is a bunch
of high-school kids), in that they were "pretending" there was a "layout"
effort, when we proved during the course of the thread on the adult
newsgroups that there is none.


they weren't pretending.
they know way more about how to do it correctly than you ever will.



Given that the two starting points are perfect for the situation:
1. PowerPoint is the *perfect* layout tool for a score of people who don't
want to and don't need to deal with fonts, and,


you just said it wasn't a layout effort. now you say it is. further
proof you have *no* idea what you're even doing.

not only that, but powerpoint is *not* a layout app and one key reason
you're having so much trouble.

2. Adobe Illustrator on the Mac is the end point for just as practical a
reason.


that reason being that illustrator is designed to do what you claim to
want to do and does it quite well.

as i said before, even an inexperienced graphics artist could have done
the entire task it in a couple of minutes, and with much better results
too.