Building editable templates

To build editable online design templates, you will need…

• Adobe® InDesign® CS4 or later;
• An up to date HTML5 compatible browser, preferably Chrome, Firefox or Safari.

Public and clients who use templates

They will need…

• A current, up-to-date HTML5 web browser e.g. Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari;
• Current, up-to-date version of Adobe® Flash® Player if they don't have a HTML5 browser;
• JavaScript enabled (if using Internet Explorer go to Internet Options/Settings > Security and change the security settings from high to medium-high. The highest security setting disables JavaScript by default).

Please note that we support the following browsers:

• Latest version of Chrome plus two updates back;
• Latest version of Firefox plus two updates back;
• Latest version of Safari plus two updates back;
• Latest version of Edge plus one version back.

Our Font Library

We have purchased an ongoing Server Licence for over 2,700 fonts from the Linotype Originals 2.0 Library, plus 600 or so more from other libraries, for use in our online applications. We have also incorporated the top 100 Google fonts.

Refer to the Template Font List in Flyerlink® to see the complete list of fonts currently available to use within Editable Text Objects in a Template: Template Font List

Fonts that are not on the Template Font List can be used in non-editable areas of a template; however, they must be converted to outlines or used within a rasterised image.

Font not available

If a client uses a font not found in the Template Font List, we advise that you suggest using an alternative font that is included in the Template Font List. Remember, this font only needs to be used in editable areas of a Template, and their standard font can be used everywhere else. Many clients may also have an acceptable secondary font listed in their brand manual.

Font Substitution

When creating a template, if you do not possess the exact version of the fonts featured in the Template Font List (eg. You may have ‘Diverda Sans Com Regular’ but not ‘Diverda Sans LT Std Regular’) then you can use your existing version, and then swap it at the build stage provided that the version that you own is in .otf (Opentype) or TTF (True Type) format. Alternatively, you could purchase the exact version to help with laying out your Template designs.

The full archive of all current Google fonts can be downloaded from https://github.com/google/fonts

(320mb .zip file - fonts are in a folder called OFL once uncompressed)