Font and Font size for 8x11 book
Seamus:
Thanks to everyone for the help.
Someone mentioned something about Font copyright. I tried looking it up, but didn't get much clarity. Do I need to pay just to use a font like Future BK or Adobe Garamond Pro? If it is already in my INdesign program, do I still need to pay or ask permission when I go to a printer?
mjbauer:
Quote from: Seamus on April 28, 2009, 11:17:35 AM
Thanks to everyone for the help.
Someone mentioned something about Font copyright. I tried looking it up, but didn't get much clarity. Do I need to pay just to use a font like Future BK or Adobe Garamond Pro? If it is already in my INdesign program, do I still need to pay or ask permission when I go to a printer?
If you are using a typeface you should purchase it first. If it's a default font that came with InDesign or your Operating System then you already own it.
Gregor Hutton:
If your font is properly owned then you can embed it in your PDFs. As MJ Bauer says your Operating System will have standard installed fonts and programs like InDesign come with fonts such as Adobe Garamond Pro that you are allowed to "embed" in your PDFs. So, you can safely embed these fonts such as Arial, Times New Roman and so on (don't listen to people who say you can't).
Two things to watch out for if getting fonts from the internet...
1. If you fetch "free" (or shareware) fonts from the web you may find that they are simply not allowed to be embedded in a PDF (InDesign will warn you of this when you try to do it). This is something that is hardwired into the font, it just won't allow embedding. In this case, I would find another font since you will need the fonts to be embedded in the PDF.
2. You may want to use a "free" font but the licence (in a readme file packaged with the font) only grants "non-commercial" use. Selling your book or PDF means commercial use and you should contact the font creator and pay for a licence for commercial use (it might be only $25 or so, or perhaps an instruction from the creator not to use the font commercially).
However, if you stick to the ones bundled with your OS and your software you will be fine. If you like you can buy fonts online, but in the first instance I would advise using something you already have to hand on your computer -- they will surely suffice for your needs.
Courier for headers and Adobe Garamond would work well. If you have Palatino it's good too. I find it quite elegant and SLA Industries, for example, looked good using it.
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PS. Oh, when people talk about companies owning copyrights to fonts and so on, what they likely mean is that fonts are like software. You cannot distribute or share them unless specifically allowed. So, you can't share your Arial or Times New Roman font files with friends, but you _are_ allowed to embed the font in a PDF file.
David C:
I've heard that for printed work, you want to use only True Type Fonts. (use wikipedia.)
Carnifex:
Quote from: David C on May 03, 2009, 09:11:58 PM
I've heard that for printed work, you want to use only True Type Fonts. (use wikipedia.)
Wrong. While it might work you should use PostScript Type 1 fonts or OpenType fonts. OpenType is the best.
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