Re: More dropping letters in PDFs... <sigh>

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

This particular problem I am not aware of.

The 2015 "fix" is irrelevant here because the Distiller
PPD (for Acrobat 3) is for 2017!

You should NEVER use the "Always use TrueType" fonts because
legitimate Type 1 fonts that may be on your system will be
replaced with some TrueType font that may not necessarily
match what you are using in your source document. You should
let Distiller use Type 1 fonts when you have those on your
system and TrueType fonts when you have those (using Type 42
with printers and Acrobat 4 and "outlines" with Acrobat 3 when
using AdobePS 4.3). To persue this line a bit further, can you
determine which font was being used when the characters were
dropped?!? Try to find out and I will try to assist.

	- Dov



At 5/24/99 08:38 AM , smurphy@softworkscc.com wrote:
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>I know we're all sick of this, so will be especially grateful
>for help from anyone. The mysterious letter drop is back.
>
>Background
> ----------
>I had been creating PDFs without a problem,
>no dropped letters, etc... and then came the announcement
>of the new PostScript driver 4.3 for Windows 95. Needing
>to help coach my team on setting up Acrobat, I deleted
>my existing Postscript drivers and downloaded the new
>driver. I figured this way I could step through the process,
>prove that it works to my own satisfaction, then pass on
>the procedure.
>
>Here's what I did
> -----------------
>1. Downloaded the file aps4eng.exe (with the new 4.3
>driver) from Adobe's web site.
>
>2. Ran the above setup utility to build a new printer
>driver (not an update).
>
>3. I used ADISTILL.PPD from the Acrobat3/Distillr/Xtras folder.
>
>4. I selected \DISTASST.PS as the port and named the printer
>"Distiller Assistant {AdobePS]"
>
>5. In Postscript options, I selected "Optimize for Portability";
>clicked the Advanced button and selected "Pure Binary Data."
>
>6. For Fonts, I chose "Always use TrueType" and "Send fonts as Outlines"
>(at first I had them send as type 42 with disastrous results).
>
>Problem
> -------
>Now that I have done this, I have the problem everyone else
>has complained about. Seems to be only in TT Fonts.
>The word "Resource" comes out "Resour e" and
>so on and so forth...
>
>I know that PS fonts are wonderful, etc. but I need to be able
>to use both.
>
>Any suggestions? Anyone know what I did wrong? Note: I did NOT
>do the 2015 fix thing since Dov says we don't need to do it anymore...
>
>Steve Murphy
>Senior Documentation Specialist
>Adobe Certified Expert/FrameMaker, Acrobat
>SOFTWORKS, Inc.
>5845 Richmond Highway
>Alexandria, VA  22303 USA
>(703) 317-8879
>smurphy@softworkscc.com =20
>
>
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