Patent ID: 8717596

Claim:
A method, comprising: sending, from a server system and to a client system, (1) a variable data printing (VDP) template and (2) data defining a user interface to facilitate editing of a VDP print job based on the VDP template; receiving, from the client system, data associated with a program executing the user interface on the client system; generating, at the server system, a downgraded font set based on the full font set, the full font set includes a first set of characters, each character from the first set of characters being a vector font character, the first set of characters including a first number of characters, the downgraded font set including a second set of characters, each character from the second set of characters being a raster font character generated from a vector font character from the first set of characters, the second set of characters includes a second number of characters less than the first number of characters; and sending, to the client system, the downgraded font set disposed for rendering a preview of the VDP print job on the client system.