I appreciate your assistance with this issue.
I've been a graphic designer in the printing (on paper) industry for over 30 years. During that time, I've only used CorelDRAW for all my clients' artwork. Later this year, I plan to retire. I want to supply my clients with their artwork for printed items I've designed. Obviously, I'll supply them a CDR file. What other file type(s) can I send them that would be most-compatible opening in non-Corel software? Including fonts in the files is required since my client may not have the exact font or version that I used in the design on my computer. Please give me step-by-step instructions on creating a CDR file that includes fonts. In addition, please give me instructions creating non-Corel file type(s) that includes fonts.
I think PDF will be the most versatile and useful file format for export from Draw.It supports multiple pages, it supports many of the effects in Draw (or the export filter will make what's best of it) and you can embed fonts to keep text live.PDF can also be opened on all platforms and edited with many of the Draw competitors out there.Use the Editing preset to keep as much as possible "live", keep color models and embed profiles, and keep text as text and embed fonts.Note though that some effects will still be converted and even if the text is kept live and fonts are embedded, it doesn't mean you can simply import the PDF and edit the text with the correct font.In some cases it may be a good idea to convert the text to curves instead (manually in Draw or automatically when exporting), to make sure everything looks the way it should.Good luck, and enjoy your retirement.
- Thanks for your feedback.- Should I email the following to my client so they have everything they need? - A PDF with the text converted to curves. - The Windows font file(s) used in the CDR file. - Another PDF (Please give me step-by-step instructions for "PDF Settings".)
Here's what I think I would do:1. Give them the original CDR file.2. Create two PDF's, one with live text, and one with text converted to curves. *This will ensure your client can at least view the artwork, and they can also be imported into many other apps for editing, even though some effects may not be editable or at least not the way they are in the original CDR.To make the export easier, I would create two presets in the Publish to PDF dialog, one "Text as Text" and one "Text as Curves" preset, to make it easier to select the correct export settings.I'd use the Editing preset as a base.Fonts are always tricky and even though you can embed fonts in both the CDR and PDF file formats, there is no guarantee that you will be able to edit the text if needed.You can of course supply them with the original fonts but I doubt it will be legal.* If the CDR is just a single page document, you can also duplicate the page and convert all text (and effects) on one page, while keeping the other page "live".Then export to one single PDF with two pages instead.
Ronny: I appreciate your time and detailed reply.
Hope you manage to find a way that works for you.And, like I said, enjoy your retirement (getting close here too, but I have to wait a couple of more years i think ).