[scribus] letters uppercase I and lowercase l pdf problems

[Maynard Johnson]

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/300106?tstart=0

This has been a known issue/bug in Adobe Acrobat for a long time as the
above post from 2008 shows.  Just google fat characters or such and acrobat
and see results.  I have been a graphic designer since 1992 and have to
deal with this on a weekly basis.  If the document prints fine from a
postscript 2/3 printer then you should be OK barring any other problems.

Maynard


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> From: Contact Drom <contact at drom-kba.eu>
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> Hello,
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> We are running Scribus 1.4.5 and we experience a problem when we export
> in PDF. The "l" letter always appears in extra-bold when we use acrobat
> reader to view the pdf file.
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> Would you know how to fix this?
> Many thanks.
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> Catherine
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> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:06:44 +0200
> From: Vladimir Savic <vladimir.firefly.savic at gmail.com>
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> > Hello,
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> Hallo and welcome!
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> > We are running Scribus 1.4.5 and we experience a problem when we export
> in PDF. The "l" letter always appears in extra-bold when we use acrobat
> reader to view the pdf file.
>
> Zoom further in and recheck. I suspect you are experiencing side effect of
> font outlining. Try printing document and, if I am right, observe the
> problem disappears. In that case, embed fonts instead of outlining them.
> You can set that option in PDF export dialog.
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> Regards,
> Vladimir
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> From: Peter Nermander <peter at nermander.se>
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> Zoom further in and recheck. I suspect you are experiencing side effect of
> > font outlining. Try printing document and, if I am right, observe the
> > problem disappears. In that case, embed fonts instead of outlining them.
> > You can set that option in PDF export dialog.
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> >
> To clarify what Vladimir means: Font hinting is most likely lost during the
> process of outlining. Font hinting is what is used to make a font appear
> well even though the resolution of the screen is to low.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_hinting
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