outlined fonts

[woodwardo]

Do you loose any quality or perfectness when turning your fonts to outlines for a printer/press?
Wouldn't it mess up small body copy a little?
Isn't it better to send PDF or orig. file with fonts instead of orig. outlined?

-- eff.

[MD]

Outlining your fonts will make them slightly thicker/bolder - it doesn't make any difference if the type is bigger, but on smaller body copy you may notice a change.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

[woodwardo]

That's sort of what I thought. So 540pt. type will increase in size the same amount as 7pt. ?

-- eff.

[PrintDriver]

The more text you have to outline the larger the file will be too. Can make emailing difficult.

PD is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing