Do not use menu styles. These include the bold, italic and underline styles selected from the
formatting menus or palettes. Instead, select styles from the font menu since some fonts do not support
the styles from the formatting menus. Using menu styles in your document may cause text to reflow
or to not output as you had planned.
A font which is menu-styled and does not contain that style of font in your system, will output as the plain style on a high-end system. Unfortunately, the font may print out fine on a laser or ink jet printer which can simulate that type of font.
For example: If you chose Avant Garde and then select the Bold menu style, it may print out as Avant Garde Demi, Avant Garde plain, or Avant Garde Bold, depending on what fonts are loaded in the system at that time.
If you need to outline a font, the best method is to convert the text to paths and apply a frame or stroke to it. The outline formatting command will not work. Any text which has the outline format applied, will fill in with the background color, not white.
In Windows, it’s not as simple. The reason is that in Windows, even if you install only the Book and Book Italic versions of a font, it will still give the options for the Bold and Bold Italic in the font menu. And since all Windows files are translated to the Mac at PrintCo, using the menu styles can also create problems.
The only safeguard is to be sure when working in Windows, that you only apply styles if you know you actually have that font style installed. How do you know? You can check the ATM (Adobe Type Manager) dialog box, or try to print it to a postscript printer. If it outputs correctly, then your system must have that font.
Then, to insure that your fonts output correctly at Printco, be sure to include all font styles used in your document on your disk for output.You must have a file for each font style used.