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Creating Publication-Ready Images

Illustrations exported as PDFs are comprised of vector graphics, with few exceptions. These PDFs can be opened in Adobe Illustrator and other PDF editors and rescaled without affecting quality.

Fonts

The first time that you edit a PDF exported from CellEngine in Adobe Illustrator or another PDF editor, you may see a Missing Fonts dialog stating that Roboto, Tinos, Arimo, and/or Cousine are missing. You can either install those fonts using the instructions below, or change the fonts to ones that you already have installed.

Tip

You only need to install fonts if you are editing PDFs; you do not need to install fonts if you are only viewing PDFs (e.g. using Acrobat or Preview).

To install the fonts used by CellEngine in PDFs:

  • Using Typekit: If you have a Creative Cloud or Typekit subscription, Illustrator will automatically sync these missing fonts from Typekit when you click Sync Fonts in the Missing Fonts dialog.

  • Manually: Click here to download all four fonts. Unzip the downloaded file.

    To install fonts in Windows:

    1. Open the Arimo folder, and select all of the files.
    2. Right-click and select Install.
    3. Repeat for the three other font folders.

    In MacOS:

    1. Search for and open Font Book in Spotlight.
    2. Drag the downloaded font files into the Font Book window.

    After adding the font files, restart Illustrator.

If you prefer to change the fonts to ones that you already have installed, the metrically equivalent fonts are Times New Roman™ (Tinos), Arial™ (Arimo) and Courier New™ (Cousine). Simply select the text that you want to change, then select a new font.

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