{"id":12793,"date":"2020-06-03T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.primoprint.com\/blog\/?p=12793"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:25:17","slug":"how-to-outline-your-fonts-for-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primoprint.com\/blog\/how-to-outline-your-fonts-for-print\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Outline Your Fonts for Print"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do you need to outline your fonts? Before sending files to print, it is important to convert all fonts to outlines. Outlining fonts in your files will ensure that the font’s appearance is preserved when your files are sent to print as it converts the font into artwork.<\/p>\n

Outlining fonts in your files will ensure that the font’s appearance is preserved when your files are sent to print. The font is converted to an object so that, if corrections are needed for print production purposes, our preflight team will not need to own the font in order to make the needed adjustment.<\/p>\n

Outlining fonts will tell the editing program to display the text as shapes rather than an embedded font file. This will freeze the font’s appearance in place. However, after fonts have been outlined, and are now considered artwork, the text can no longer be edited. It is always a good idea to only save the print file with the outlined fonts. Make sure you do not save over your working file with the outlines.<\/p>\n

Instructions for Outlining Fonts:<\/h2>\n