Customer requesting non-photocopy font

[Steven]

Some people in our shop say they have encountered this before, but I cannot find any information on this. The Customer isn't interested in reflective/color security, but the actual font. Any ideas out there?

Thanks!

 

[Possumgal]

I can't see how there could be a specific font that would not photocopy. The color is what the copier scanner sees, not the typestyle. The scanner sees what it's scanning as one big graphic.

 

[pippip]

Alot of copiers do have security in them to prevent copying of certain features. They can detect when money is placed in the scanner.

I also had a client bring me in a document with a light watermark pattern in the background that wouldn't photocopy. Machine just brought up an error saying something along the lines of illegal copy detected.

 

[gig0]

Maybe they're talking about IBM's Microtext font?

 

[mwc]

I have never heard of a 'non-photocopy' font, although, I have been told that you will get non-repro results if you print as 0% black on a white paper
Is the customer looking for something like a VOID pantograph? (when copied displays a pattern and/or text....)

 

[Steven]

Thanks for your input! I'm going to try the micro-printing option and see if they're interested in that.

 

[Puch]

Just use Helvetica Neue Ultra Light at 3 pt and this will never photocopy.