InDesign bitchery...
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- barbtastic
IND stopped co-operating... i have a 25 page document of type concepts, some use a thick stroke... looks great on screen, but printing or making a pdf reduces the stroke to a hairline...
any ideas on how to fix this crap? maybe a setting i am missing?
i have also noticed that my type point size box has the actual size and then another [larger] pt size next to it in parentheses, maybe that is a clue?
[i don't wanna have to create outlines in the concept stage, and yes, i tried using another computer]
- Gucci0
the point size in parenthasis means you've scaled it without increasing the point size manually.
- Gucci0
I'm not entirely sure why your type is acting the way it is... but I'd say: never scale type without increasing the point size. I've had trouble with indesign telling me a font is:
8pt[12pt]
and then never getting it to display properly.
I'd say try creating a postscript file and distilling it. That should resolve a few issues. There are scripts that convert all the type in your ID doc to outlines. I know you're not interested in doing that, but it's as easy as saving an "outlines_test" version and being done with it.
- barbtastic0
i sort of assumed that was the case, i noticed that happend when i used scale... is there a way to use the scale tool and have the actual size of the type grow [instead of just visually?].
i want this to work like illustrator, kinda lame that adobe products are so non-consistent...
- barbtastic0
gucci-
i re-set the type on one page at "actual" size and the stroke is now correct... i still want it to work like illustrator [i'm so annoyed]
thx!
- Gucci0
no prob dude.
- barbtastic0
looks like i'm not the only one who thinks it's dummer-er:
- madirish0
if every application ever made worked like illy, the world would be a much happier place....
- pyeaton0
Also check your trapping prefs. try setting your stroke to overprint.
BTW, thanks barb for the link. *wink