Owner`s manual

188 MaxMotion for Machines
■ Finally, export the file as Adobe Illustrator *.AI or *.EPS format.
This file is now ready to be interpreted by MaxMotion. Just before
exporting the file, Corel shows a dialog box for selection. Select
Illustrator 1.1 format and curves as choices.
Adobe Illustrator
Compose the job with graphics and text set up with fonts, if required.
Select the text part of the job, pull down the TYPE menu and create
Outlines (last command in the TYPE menu). If your customer saves the
file this way and sends you the job, you can engrave the job even if you
do not have the fonts that he used to create the job.
Aldus Freehand
Compose the job with graphics and text set up with fonts, if required.
Select the text part of the job with the arrow tool, pull down the TYPE
menu and select convert to path command. This gives you the outlines
of the fonts. Then select ELEMENT menu and select Element Info. The
box that gives you the element info might have Odd/Even fill checked
out, deselect that box. Then select each text block and under the
ELEMENT menu select split elements. This should separate each letter
as a separate element. Now, pull down the file menu and export the file
as EPS file and MaxMotion will read the file properly.
Freehand works with PostScript Type 1 fonts as well as TrueType fonts.
If your customer saves the file this way and sends you the job, you can
cut the job even if you do not have the fonts that he used to create the
job.
Deneba Canvas
Compose the job with graphics and text set up with fonts, if required.
Select the text part of the job with the arrow tool, pull down the TEXT
menu and select create Bezier (hollow) command. This gives you the
outlines of the fonts. If you designed any shapes with various Canvas
tools, pull down the Object menu and the command Convert to Bezier
Curves. Canvas works with PostScript Type 1 fonts as well as TrueType
fonts. If your customer saves the file as Illustrator 88 and sends you the
job, you can cut the job even if you do not have the fonts that he used