[scribus] Problem with pdf, characters l - . only!

[Julian Haines]

Thanks very much Christoph, that's a big help. Problem solved!

Julian 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christoph Schäfer [mailto:christoph-schaefer at gmx.de] 
> Sent: 18 June 2010 04:05
> To: Scribus User Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Problem with pdf, characters l - . only!
> 
> Am Freitag, 18. Juni 2010 01:50:58 schrieb Julian Haines:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've just completed a newsletter for publication with 
> Scribus. It looks
> > great on the screen and if I print pages directly from 
> Scribus to my inkjet
> > printer, they look good. However, when I view the generated 
> pdf on-screen,
> > all of the letter l characters are disproportionately wide, 
> to the point
> > where ll often displays as a single wide block! Many of the 
> full-stop and
> > dash characters have the same problem, but strangely no 
> others appear to be
> > affected.
> > If I zoom in to 800% on-screen in acrobat reader the problem is much
> > reduced, but is still present to a degree. If I print the 
> pdf'd output to
> > my inkjet, again the problem is reduced but is still present to a
> > noticeable degree.
> > I'm using Scribus 1.3.3.13 with gs8.71 on a WinXP platform. 
> I have Acrobat
> > Reader 9.3.1. I'm using only default Arial fonts as 
> supplied with WinXP.
> > Actually, I've also tried the A030 fonts, but saw no change 
> in behaviour.
> >
> > Please, could anyone point me in the right direction to get 
> this fixed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Julian
> 
> You just stumbled across an issue that's related to forced 
> font outlining: 
> When a font is converted to outlines, all so-called hinting 
> information (see: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinting) is lost. I assume you 
> are using an 
> OpenType font, and I posted a solution that allows for 
> embedding an OTF font 
> a few days ago. This should resolve your issue: 
> http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/2010-June/038503.html
> 
> HTH
> 
> Christoph
> 
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