Re: Wrong font size in PDF

["info_furia" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem probably is the conjunction AdobePS driver / Distiller /
Win98.

Search for the doc 326236 in Adobe Support.

Furia



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dottie" <Dottie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <framers@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 2:40 PM
Subject: Wrong font size in PDF


> I'm working with a typesetter who for some reason when he creates a
PDF the
> font sizes are 1/2 pt larger than what they're supposed to be. But
not all
> the fonts.
>
> There are 4 fonts in the file: New Baskerville, Franklin Gothic,
Courier,
> and ZapfDingbats. The Franklin Gothic and ZaphDingbats are fine.
>
> The New Baskerville was ALWAYS 1/2 pt larger, and the Courier is ok
at
> 8pts, but not ok at 9.5. The pdf indicates it's 10pts.
>
> Originally all of the New Baskerville was off but it seems that he
had some
> font substitutions in his Win.ini file that he's since eliminated
and now
> it's just the Italic and bold variations that are large. The Courier
is
> still off. These are all Type 1 fonts. No TT. He's using the same
exact
> fonts I am because a suggestion from our service provider is that it
> sounded like a bad font. So I sent him copies of my New Baskerville
and
> Courier and had him reload.
>
> When I generate the PDF from his Frame file everything is ok. When I
> generate the PDF from his PS file, the font's are too large. So it's
seems
> to be somewhere between Frame and the PD driver. We're using the
same PS
> driver created from instructions from our service provider.
>
> He's running Win98 and Frame7 (unstructured). He's using Distiller
4.0 but
> when I reloaded 4.0 and created the file it was fine.
>
> We're out of ideas.
>
> Dottie
>
>
>
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