Re: Unexpected font size changes in PDF

["Furia" <nfuria@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This problem arises again.

It appears to me one year ago. Then it appears to Klaus Mueller six months
ago.

The problem is not with the printer or the fonts; it is the Adobe printer
driver.
Who found the solution was Klaus: installing a printer using Adobe PS 4.3.1
will print in the correct size.

Furia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Isak Tenenboym" <itenenbo@adobe.com>
To: "Framers List" <framers@FrameUsers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Unexpected font size changes in PDF


> > Hello Framers,
> >
> > I prepared a document for a client today that included a table of
contents.
> > The FM document included a dot leader for the chapter titles, which was
> > correctly passed on to the PDF, however the font size appeared to be
> > slightly larger (wider) in the PDF.
>
> Could it be that the default printer is set to some real printer, when
> you're viewing the document on screen, and that you select "Acrobat
> Distiller" printer only for the PDF generation? If this is the case you
> should get an alert that the fonts may have changed.
>
> On Windows FrameMaker enumerates all fonts available on the system,
> including fonts installed on the default printer. If you change the
> printer to "Acrobat Distiller", the fonts installed on a real printer
> become unavailable and FrameMaker substitutes them with a similar but not
> exactly the same fonts, and repaginates the document, which may produce
> the effect that you experience, and in some cases even more severe changes
> like different line or page breaks.
> I understand that you're not using "Save as PDF", which is not recommended
> in FrameMaker 6.
>
> For those of you who use "Save as PDF" in Frame 7, please, keep in mind
> that FrameMaker 7 in this case may substitute fonts silently (without an
> alert), so be beware, check the look of the document with "Acrobat
> Distiller" selected as default printer before you "Save as PDF", or print
> to a PS file for manual distillation.
>
> Isak Tenenboym.
>
> > In the original FM document, there was
> > space for three dots between the end of the chapter title and the page
> > number. In the PDF, there was no space for any dots, and the page number
> > came immediately after the chapter title in the ToC. The result was
> > unacceptable and I had to use a workaround to get it right.
> >
> > I've generally had good results with FM to PDF and am wondering what
might
> > have caused this. Any ideas?
> >
> > For this project, I was using FM 6.0 (client has not upgraded to 7.0
yet),
> > and printing manually to a watched folder using Acrobat Distiller. The
job
> > options are set to print quality, and all fonts are embedded. Had the
PDF
> > appeared wrong on another computer, I would have some ideas, but the
> > problem was evident on the same computer that produced the FM document
> > (Pentium II, Windows 98SE).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > Steve Murphy
> > MURPHUS, LLC
> > http://www.murphus.com
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