Prepressure covers design techniques, PDF, PostScript, fonts, JDF and numerous other prepress topics that have to do with printed communication.

Since December this site teams up with B4Print.com, the favorite stake-out of many prepress professionals who regularly visit its forums or the front page which offers the latest news on design, prepress and printing.

The poll

Even though it is clear that OpenType fonts are the way to go, a quick scan on my systems shows that I actually use TrueType fonts the most. That made me curious about how many people already made the full switch to OpenType and how many still rely on their existing library of PostScript or TrueType fonts.

What do you use most: PostScript fonts, TrueType fonts or OpenType? Please cast your vote using the poll to the right or discuss it on the B4print forums in this thread.

drupa madness

Once every four years I get a little stressed out, preparing for the drupa trade show, staying at the show for the full period and struggling with the follow-up. As you may have guessed, that happened again this year and it made me neglect this site for a few weeks. I apologize for not updating the content as much as I would have liked to and for not getting back in touch with people who sent suggestions. Even while I am writing this text in early August, follow-up stuff from drupa is still keeping me busy. Don’t worry, regular updates will reappear after the holidays.

What’s new?

New or reworked pages on the prepress dictionary, the history of JDF, Adobe Illustrator & PDF, PDF troubleshooting, JPEG compression, total ink coverage, PDF/X-5 and PDF/X-4.

Interesting threads on the b4print forums

- Is anyone using a JDF workflow
- Acrobat 9 is out
- Software tutorials
- Our days are numbered
- Quick tips for prepress

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