Spent 4 hours fixing a font substitution issue in a wedding invite PDF

Client said the names looked 'off' on the printed proofs. Turns out the wedding script font I used didn't have a bold weight, so the printer's software swapped it with something completely wrong. Has anyone else gotten burned by hidden font family issues like that?

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adams8215d ago

and @emma_ramirez makes a good point but I think the real killer here is how inconsistent the font naming is across different systems. like the same font can be called "WeddingScript" in one place and "Weddingscript Regular" in another and the printer's software just picks whichever it finds first. that mismatch alone couldve caused the whole thing even if the bold weight was there.

emma_ramirez15d ago

Yeah I gotta say I see this a little different. "Spent 4 hours fixing" sounds like you could have caught this way earlier if you checked the font's actual specs before sending it off. Wedding invites are high stakes, you gotta do a test print with that specific printer setup, not just trust the PDF preview. A little extra prep saves a ton of headache, right?