Re: Win2000 equation operator spacing bug - help

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob, 

I believe the problem is your PostScript driver settings. I received
the sample from you and do NOT get the same results, i.e., my results
don't show the spacing problem.

Exit FrameMaker and make the following two changes: 

Printers=>"Acrobat Distiller" (printer instance)=>Properties
        =>Advanced=>Printing Defaults=>Layout=>Advanced

        In that dialog, Graphic=>TruType Font
        change from "Substitute with Device Font" to "Download as Softfont"

Printers=>"Acrobat Distiller" (printer instance)=>Properties
        =>General=>Printing Preferences=>Layout=>Advanced

        In that dialog, Graphic=>TruType Font
        change from "Substitute with Device Font" to "Download as Softfont"

Try again.

The same changes should be made for ALL PostScript driver printer
instances.

Let me know if that fixes the problem for you.

        - Dov


At 7/24/2001 09:43 AM, Bob Kern wrote:
>Framers,
>
>We recently upgraded to win2000 (currently using Frame 6 and Acrobat
>4).  We are mid stream on several projects -- an unavoidable situation
>that will always be the case -- and one project uses equations
>liberally.  We noticed that the equation and fraction spacing changed
>after the upgrade.  Specifically, the spacing around the operators (be
>it multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction) was twice as big
>on the right side of the operator as on the left side of the period in
>win2000.  This is particularly obvious in the "/" operator used to
>create fractions and in the "small multiplication period" operator.
>These changes make the math unacceptable. The clients can't (and
>shouldn't) accept the awkward spacing, but I can't seem to fix the
>problem.
>
>I've replicated the problem on all the machines in my shop, so its not a
>hardware issue.  I've replicated the problem over the phone at another
>shop using Acrobat 5, so we think its not an distiller driver issue.
>Further, it occurs using distiller or when printing to other PostScript
>printers (tested 3 different ones), and occurs both using the old 5 and
>new 5.2 Adobe PostScript driver.
>
>Has anyone figured out how to fix this, other than by (1) rebooting and
>doing the project from a win98 platform, or (2) playing with the  the
>micropositioning settings in equation editor for each equation (which
>only work well if the equation is simple)?
>
>Thanks in advance for any your suggestions.
>
>-bob
>--
>Robert Kern
>Publisher


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