Font Connector for Esko ArtPro+

Fonts play an integral role in print and packaging design. Ensuring accuracy and consistency is critical for producing a high-quality product.

Font Connector for Esko ArtPro+ allows your users to:

• Immediately access the fonts they need

• Make on-the-fly, live text edits in PDFs

• Fix critical, last-minute text changes during the prepress stage

• Increase workflow efficiency

• Save time and money by reducing font inconsistencies and errors

Font Connector for Esko ArtPro+ is an add-on module for Universal Type Server.

ArtPro+ and PDFs

ArtPro+ allows you to edit normalized PDFs with embedded fonts.

Typically a PDF will only contain a subset of the font in use, so attempting to edit text with an embedded font results in the font being replaced by a system font.

With FontConnector for ArtPro+ and Universal Type Client, you can edit the PDF and ensure that the original font is retained, with all the appropriate characters embedded. Note: The original font must be installed on your Universal Type Server.

System requirements

• Esko ArtPro+ version 18.0 or later (see https://wiki.esko.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2110296731 ArtPro+ System Requirements: https://wiki.esko.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=211029673)

• Universal Type Server version 6.1.7 or later (Professional or Enterprise)

• Universal Type Client version 6.1.7 or later (installed on the same system with ArtPro+)

Configuring Font Connector for ArtPro+

• Font Connector for ArtPro+ allows Universal Type Client to automatically activate fonts used in ArtPro+ documents.

• Reactivate your Universal Type Server license.

  1. Open the Management application and log in.

  2. Click the Administration tab, then click Licenses.

  3. Click Remove, then click OK.

  4. Click Activate Universal Type Server.

  5. Enter the credentials for your License Administrator account, then click Submit.

     If you have multiple Type Server licenses with the same License Administrator, choose the appropriate license and click Select.

  For more information, see the documentation for Universal Type Server Management.

• Install Universal Type Client on the same system with ArtPro+, and connect to your Universal Type Server.

• In ArtPro+, open Preferences and click Extensis.

  • Choose Enable Font Connector to allow ArtPro+ to communicate with Universal Type Client.

  • Choose Activate entire font family to have Universal Type Client activate all members of the font family (i.e. Regular, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic). With this option off, Type Client will only activate the precise face used in your document (for example, Helvetica Bold).

  • Choose Deactivate fonts on application close to have Universal Type Client deactivate any fonts activated by ArtPro+ for your document when you quit ArtPro+.