Fonts have hinting built in, which makes them look good at low resolution. Why is this? The glyphs are turned into normal graphics which lack the intelligence that fonts have in displaying or printing text, particularly on lower resolution devices. The outlining of text will degrade the typographic quality of the text.Here are some other good reasons not to outline fonts: In fact, while some some font vendors’ licensing allows conversion of text to outlines, many expressly forbid it.” According to Claudia McCue’s excellent Real World Print Production (Peachpit Press), “Surprisingly…converting text to outlines does not sidestep the provisions of the font vendor’s EULA. Sometimes users think they can get around restrictions on sharing fonts with others by converting text to outlines. The truth is that InDesign always embeds fonts in the PDF if the font vendor’s End User License Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the EULA) says you can. Unfortunately, it’s perpetuated by some print service providers and others who insist that they won’t receive a PDF file unless the fonts have been outlined. Really only if you want to mess around with the glyph shapes for a special artistic effect. The truth is that you should almost never have to outline fonts. This is one of those urban myths of publishing?that you frequently need to outline fonts. Is it even necessary to outline the fonts? I was always under the impression that if you don’t and the person receiving the PDF doesn’t have the particular font on their computer, it will default to a different font in the PDF.” A person on the Adobe InDesign User to User Forum posed this question today: “I usually outline the fonts when I’m making PDFs to send to clients as proofs or to send to the printer.
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