Make no mistake about Typekit

[frailer]

Just for my own peace of mind I created an ID document and packaged it. It will NOT package typekit fonts.

Am assuming they will Embed on Export, if set that way.   :undecided:

[Designia(o_O)]

What the hell is typekit? I'm at CS4 and have no expectations of upgrading because I don't deal with client files. Sounds like an effing nightmare. Is this some font utility to go with CC?

[Joe]

It is font syncing service Adobe includes with Creative Cloud. The fonts reside on the cloud and you can use them in the Adobe Apps. There are around 1,000 desktop fonts and 4,200 for web use included with CC...not typefaces which means a regular, bold, italic, and bold italic version of a typeface counts as 4 fonts. And although there are 1,000 available you can only have 100 synced at a time. Unless you want to pay the extortion fee to have more (See post #3 of this thread for the extortion price list). You can still buy the Adobe Font Folio library for $3,000 though. I remember when it was over $10,000. What a deal.

[Joe]

Just for my own peace of mind I created an ID document and packaged it. It will NOT package typekit fonts.

Am assuming they will Embed on Export, if set that way.   :undecided:

Well I haven't tried it but I assume so. But it is Adobe though.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

Adobe assumes a lot about the ability of desinger producing a printable PDF.

[Farabomb]

And I just got over my reoccurring nightmares involving fonts.

[Designia(o_O)]

It is font syncing service Adobe includes with Creative Cloud. The fonts reside on the cloud and you can use them in the Adobe Apps. There are around 1,000 desktop fonts and 4,200 for web use included with CC...not typefaces which means a regular, bold, italic, and bold italic version of a typeface counts as 4 fonts. And although there are 1,000 available you can only have 100 synced at a time. Unless you want to pay the extortion fee to have more (See post #3 of this thread for the extortion price list). You can still buy the Adobe Font Folio library for $3,000 though. I remember when it was over $10,000. What a deal.

It "includes" the service? Does that mean you HAVE to use it?

[Joe]

No you don't have too. But I'll bet most designers will.

[Designia(o_O)]

Ugh, so many new young designers without proper training. You can't barely blame them, these design teachers know nothing about prepress or font management. One intern I had working was copying and pasting back and forth from Illustrator to InDesign, because that's what her "awesome" graphic design professor taught her.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

WOW! That is absolutely unbelievable. So, are you telling me that Prepress can't be taught?

[Designia(o_O)]

Not by an idiot it can't.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

...and the world is full of 'em.

[Designia(o_O)]

I don't think they teach prepress at all in a cert class or college programs. What they should do is intern them all out to print shops, not design agencies.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

I don't think they teach prepress at all in a cert class or college programs. What they should do is intern them all out to print shops, not design agencies.

Agreed. That would at least weed out 98% of them. A tour in the bindery would also be pretty beneficial. The 1% left will be okay, IF they can acclimate to a prison mentality.

[Designia(o_O)]

Oh god, I don't mean for them to WORK in one! Good lord, I wouldn't wish that on ANYONE.   :grin:
I just mean to intern to get an understanding of prepress before they become designers.