Indesign pdf font weirdness
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- vespa
Hey guys
I've made a document in InDesign CS4 that is basically a modification of an earlier version of the document.
When I export the new one as a pdf, it looks fine opened in Preview (I'm on a mac) but if opened in Acrobat on mac or PC the fonts look weird.
In the previous version of the file the pdf opens fine... I've tried exporting the new pdf at every possible setting, no joy. Could my version of the font be corrupt?
Here is the old (fine) version:
Here is the new (badly rendering) version:
Any of you print genii got any idea what it could be?
Any advice appreciated...
- monospaced0
I have a feeling that at least part of the problem is Acrobat's inferior rendering. It's great in so many ways, but Preview often creates cleaner renderings with type and vector art.
- horton0
i've just accepted that fonts sometimes look shit in acrobat.
vertical characters ("I") are the worst.
- Jimbo820
Purely a visual thing, it'll print fine. Trust me, I is on da internets man.
- vespa0
thanks for replying!
Jimbo82 cheers for the link but unfortunately I can't use that solution as his was for a single logo whereas mine is for a 45 page document... it needs to be kept as editable text.
both my above screenshots are how the 2 docs are seen in Acrobat, so it's something to do with the way Acrobat is handling the new pdf...
- acescence0
there's an option in prefs, at least in acrobat pro, not sure about reader- "use local fonts" will use the font on the local system rather than embedded outlines if it is available. there are also font smoothing setting there which may differ between machines
- vespa0
Hey acescence, would be interesting to explore in case it throws up any more solutions, not a solution in itself though as it would involve me sending out a disclaimer with the document asking everyone who reads it to reset their preferences to view the document -- kind of messy :(
- vespa0
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