Render SVG font in Adobe Illistrator or Corel Draw
- by Viktor Burdeinyi
Hello!
I'm developing a project that produces SVG files with custom embed fonts. SVG font definition I compose as SVG font tag with help of http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator or Batik SVG Toolkit. The resulted SVG file I try to open in following applications:
Adobe Illustrator CS4 - text has default font and message noticed about font not found in system
CorelDRAW X5 - text has default font and any messages don't noticed
Batik SVG Browser (Squiggle) - renders text correctly
The problem is all modern typographies use CorelDRAW and Abode Illustrator for print vector graphic and them render not correctly SVG.
Solution
As for me, I see follow solutions:
Save the text with custom font as SVG path. This will work but, I can't find any solution that can convert text + TTF to SVG path data;
Use other vector format, f.e. AI, EPS or CDR. This solution is difficult for me, because I use SVG paths as part of input data;
Recommend our users to use Batik SVG Browser (Squiggle) or any other application which are based on Batik SVG Toolkit library. Batik SVG Toolkit requires Java runtime :(
If anyone know some knowledge to open SVG embed fonts in Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW please share them. I would be grateful for any help.
Thank you.
-Viktor Burdeinyi
