MicroText font

[andyfest]

Has anyone out there done any work using the Xerox MicroText font? Just wondering if it has to be used in a Xerox-only workflow environment? Is it used specifically for digital press work, or can it be adapted for use on offset presses with any workflow? Any help or experiences in this area would be appreciated!

[Stiv]

I do not have the font.

This info from Xerox.

    Designed specifically for use with FreeFlow Makeready,

    Requires use of a Xerox FreeFlow Print Server or DocuSP 5.1 Controller,

    Requires high quality (smooth) paper for optimum visual effects.

NOTE: Not intended for use with scaling to other point sizes or rotation other than 90 degrees.

[andyfest]

Yeah, from what I'm seeing it's produced by Xerox and intended for use with a Xerox-based workflow in conjunction with one of their digital presses. Just wondering if anyone has used it or seen it used in an offset environment using any other workflow.

[DigiCorn]

Can you convert to outlines/paths?

[David]

hmmm, never knew that you had to use a specific software to be able to resolve fonts less than 1 point.  Nice marketing

Xerox Corporation scientists have developed a font so small that you need a magnifying glass to read the words. The new MicroText™ Specialty Imaging Font, just 1/100th of an inch high, is designed to help make valuable documents with personal information such as birth certificates, personal identification papers, and checks even harder to forge.

[gnubler]

I typeset a bank check a few weeks ago and used some 1-2pt text for a security line.  :laugh: It was tiny.

[andyfest]

MicroText is generally used as a security device, and that is something one of our pharma clients is asking about. It's so small that can't see that it could be used in offset, but maybe I'm wrong. Xerox looks like they are pitching it specifically for their own mono- and colour digital presses. For the hell of it, I tried typesetting some 1 inch text and scaling it to 1%. I then dropped it into a test workflow that created a 1 bit tif. It was too jagged at 2438 dpi to use on a plate I would think. There must be something in Xerox's software to deal with text that size. The resolution must be super-high.