Hi,
I work with IDML files. Once they adapted to Studio and I go to the Editor, I get strange fonts for the trademark symbol. Her is an example:
I did make some font changes for how they appear in the Term Recognition window but could that have affacted that Insert symbol?
If not, how can I make the Insert use the same font as the the text it is associated to?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Go to File -> Options -> Editor and select "Show all tags, but do not show formatting". This way no font replacement will take place and your view should be not distorted anymore.
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Yep, that works BUT now I some Tags appeared in the target side. Is there a way to see no tags at all apart from erasing each one of them when I get to the segment?
Tags represent formatting. You have to keep them. If you do not see them, it does not mean they are not present there. Should the tags surround the TM symbol, a special font has been used for it in InDesign. Working with no formatting and tags is the most secure way to preserve the original formatting of the file. Working with formatting shown requires more care and—because Windows will not tell you anything of font substitution—can lead to trouble. I would strongly recommend to keep that view and get used to it. When you show formatting, you most certainly will press "B" for bold instead of copying the formatting from the source. And in case of InDesign this does NOT reflect the formatting of the source document and drives your layouter crazy with dozens of formatting change messages.
The most probable reason for what you see on your screen is a missing font in your system. This font is being substituted by a similar one and this causes the strange view.
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They do use Apple computers where I use Windows!
Thank you for taking the time to explain.
They do use Apple computers where I use Windows!
Thank you for taking the time to explain.
This makes the font situation even more complicated. Many Mac fonts will not work on Windows and the other way round. In this situation working with no formatting but only tags visible is the most secure way to keep the formatting of the source document. In this case you should keep all tags and NOT insert any formatting via Bold, Italic and so on. This will lead to numerous errors in InDesign. The reason is quite simple. We all are used to use Word. When you format your document in Arial, select text and apply Bold, you do not see any change in the font name. However, in the background another font style is used, this is Arial Bold. You can see it here:
So many different Arial font styles are present on my PC.
For many fonts Word will not show that a different font style has been used. It works different in InDesign, you have the main font and its different styles shown there. It would take too long to explain with examples, but the way formatting works is not that simple as Word pretends it to be.
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I see.
Mind you, in my particular case, I do not send back the IDML translated files!! I work on catalogues and what they want back is their original English PDF catalogue with comments in French where needed.
Lots of unecessary work, but hey, it is their choice. And that's the reason I prefered not seing any tags because I copy each translated segment to the appropriate comment in the PDF.
Each job has its particulars, would'nt you say?
Wow, I do admire your patience. This is the way to drive a screw in a wall using a sledge hammer. And certainly they must take the right screw for the right wall.
This is a screw for a wall on your right side:
This one is for the opposite wall:
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And... that's why I retire next month!!
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