Mac 2 PC Illustrator CS files?
Submitted by pompo on Wed, 2005-04-13 13:39.
Is there anything to worry about when sending
Mac Illustrator CS files to Pee Cees people using Illustrator CS as well?
This is for print work and I have no idea since I deal most of the times
with companies using Macs..
I can't see it being an
I can't see it being an issue. My sister and I have swapped files between Mac and PC versions of Illustrator without any problems.
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The one place you may have problems with is fonts, of course. If you can get away with it, convert all your fonts to paths/outlines before sending it off to the PC people. Fortunately, Windows fonts work just fine on a Mac running OSX. On the flip side, it's hard enough just trying to explain to a Windows user what a font is, and where to find them – I usually get the "how do I get the fonts out of the menu bar?" line.
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