Thread: Fonts from a Mac used as a JPG - Blurry on PC

I created a logo in Freehand (Mac). Saved in paths as a JPG and exported it. The type comes out raggy when I place it in Blue Voda. Is there a secret to this that I need to know? We build all of our print materials in Mac so it will continue to be a problem unless I am missing something. I can't dump my Mac.

The temporary site is www.drpennysc.com

PS: AngelEyes - If you read this thanks for your help in publishing my temporary site.

tbreiding

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Hi, is the image on site for us to have a look, or is it this one. http://www.drpennysc.com/Penny_Test_2.jpg Whoops! if not.
Or can you post the image so we can see.

Chris:

That is the image. Thanks. It looks fine with what you just posted but in my published temporary sit it is ragged looking. What gives?

Tim

tbreiding
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Hi, see if this is any better. Text on images is always a bit of a pain. Have also dropped down from 188KB to 10kb.
It maybe an idea to just crop the text of the image & use BV’s text next to it.

Only as a suggestion it may also be worth checking some of the other images on site as many are very large & really slow the pages down when loading. Have a look at the image/photo tips on the link below?

IE. This one was 190kb & may work a lot faster at 9 kb.

Chris:

It is not a fancy font, I tried it with the PC fonts but my problems is that I can't figure out how to make the type flush right and left like I have done it in the Mac design program. Is there a way to stretch type in BlueVoda that I am missing? Thanks

PS: I downloaded the PixSizer and will save my photos in a smaller format.

Thnaks for the tip.
Tim
tbreiding
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Chris: Also is there a trick to making a logos background transparent so that it can be placed over a color background?

tbreiding
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Originally Posted by tbreiding

Chris: Also is there a trick to making a logos background transparent so that it can be placed over a color background?

tbreiding
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IN BV
Click on: File/newpage/From exisiting HTML page/
Enter the url below in the file name field & check Remote on the internet.
Press ok.It should download to your machine.
http://www.collectors-info.com/testing/dent1.html


Its made up of a table with the image as the background in one of the tables. Also gives the text a transparent background.
Plus it's down to about 3kb now.

Chris: Forgive me for being slow but how what are the steps you took in BlueVoda to make that happen?

tbreiding
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Hi,

• Place table on screen
• Number of rows = 1
• Number of Columns = 2 (all the rest set to 0)
• Right click on left square of table & select cell properties/ brows & insert image & play with other controls in this area. IE: Do not repeat.
• D/left click on right square type what you like

You have to play with stretching the tables a bit.