We have a certain customer that sends us Corel Draw files with bar codes in them and sometimes the bar codes appear as fonts when I open the files, but sometimes other files come across as bar codes. What causes the bar codes to come across as fonts on some files? Is it something the customer is doing that makes the bar codes come across as fonts?
Thanks,
George
I think your customer is probably using a font to generate the barcode and is sometimes, but not always, using "convert to curves".
They would probably be better off sending you a PDF, which with the default prepress setting will embed enough of the font in with the PDF. Or EPS if you cannot use PDF with your output device.
When you say "using a font to generate the barcode" what specifically do you mean? Do you mean they did not use the bar code generating tool in Corel Draw to make the bar code? Is there a way to make bar codes in Corel Draw without using the bar code generating tool in Corel Draw? Is there a "font" that has barcode elements as the letters and numbers? If so, if I had that font would the bar code open as a bar code when I open the file (even if they did not save the font as curves)? When I open the file, Corel Draw substitutes a font for the missing font, and I don't remember the exact name of the font that was missing, but I think it's something like "normalONE...".