There would be at least two reasons for that. Thanks for the links, I tried Font2Web, but it says "This file type is not supported. Or as you found, they won't take them at all. Most printers now do prefer you not send those. MS Office (even the 2011 version) installs them. You're referring to old Mac suitcase style fonts, like from OS 9 or earlier. Reading the rest of your latest post, I see what you mean now. You're lucky you can find printers that can use font suitcases, that's cool.
In the meantime, there's sites like this, or this, where you upload your normal font, and it kicks out converted webfonts for you. Version 4, which is the only version that supports the export of webfonts, is still in beta.
TransType has been available for years, though I do see what you mean. TransType did the trick wonderfully! But, that's only a beta version that expired on 3/31, and they haven't released the software yet. Why not? Not trying to be difficult, I just can't see why since all fonts are a suitcase of one type or another. You cannot use a font suitcase to convert to a webfont though, so still searching. A TrueType Collection (.ttc) contains multiple screen and printer fonts, just like an old Mac legacy TrueType font suitcase. Like the older original TrueType font format, OpenType fonts (PostScript or TrueType) contain both the screen and printer fonts within the same file.
We use them all the time, as do our clients.Įven an OpenType font is a suitcase of sorts (as is an Apple. Hmm, having been in the professional prepress end for over 30 years, I can say without reservation that using fonts in suitcase form have been, and still are being used extensively. Unfortunately, most commercial printers cannot use Font Suitcases so sending them a font suitcase for a project would raise a few eyebrows I think.
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