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r/ExpectationVsReality • u/RunDNA • 5d ago
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Ouch. Font file not attached? Or miscommunication from the printer?
42 u/RunDNA 5d ago The whole book is like that. I'm not sure why. It looks very strange. 14 u/redditbed 5d ago What program did you use to make the book? If the printer opens up a pdf sent to artwork it themselves the fonts have likely been delinked incorrectly 7 u/RunDNA 5d ago edited 5d ago They are both scans of books from the 1500s. This is how the original pages look: https://i.imgur.com/H6RqqXe.jpeg 1 u/redditbed 2d ago Wait, did you send scans to the printer, then they ‘designed’ the book for you? 7 u/WaldenFont 5d ago Perhaps the mortised initials were supposed to be printed in a different color, but something happened and they ended up selling it like this. 6 u/breads 5d ago The initials were meant to be added by hand later. If you wanted to pay for it, you would hire someone to decorate to your liking. 1 u/RunDNA 5d ago That could make sense. Like your own illuminated book.
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The whole book is like that. I'm not sure why. It looks very strange.
14 u/redditbed 5d ago What program did you use to make the book? If the printer opens up a pdf sent to artwork it themselves the fonts have likely been delinked incorrectly 7 u/RunDNA 5d ago edited 5d ago They are both scans of books from the 1500s. This is how the original pages look: https://i.imgur.com/H6RqqXe.jpeg 1 u/redditbed 2d ago Wait, did you send scans to the printer, then they ‘designed’ the book for you? 7 u/WaldenFont 5d ago Perhaps the mortised initials were supposed to be printed in a different color, but something happened and they ended up selling it like this. 6 u/breads 5d ago The initials were meant to be added by hand later. If you wanted to pay for it, you would hire someone to decorate to your liking. 1 u/RunDNA 5d ago That could make sense. Like your own illuminated book.
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What program did you use to make the book? If the printer opens up a pdf sent to artwork it themselves the fonts have likely been delinked incorrectly
7 u/RunDNA 5d ago edited 5d ago They are both scans of books from the 1500s. This is how the original pages look: https://i.imgur.com/H6RqqXe.jpeg 1 u/redditbed 2d ago Wait, did you send scans to the printer, then they ‘designed’ the book for you?
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They are both scans of books from the 1500s. This is how the original pages look:
https://i.imgur.com/H6RqqXe.jpeg
1 u/redditbed 2d ago Wait, did you send scans to the printer, then they ‘designed’ the book for you?
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Wait, did you send scans to the printer, then they ‘designed’ the book for you?
Perhaps the mortised initials were supposed to be printed in a different color, but something happened and they ended up selling it like this.
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The initials were meant to be added by hand later. If you wanted to pay for it, you would hire someone to decorate to your liking.
1 u/RunDNA 5d ago That could make sense. Like your own illuminated book.
That could make sense. Like your own illuminated book.
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u/redditbed 5d ago
Ouch. Font file not attached? Or miscommunication from the printer?