Yet another PDF font problem
KathyArlene (8 pencils) | Thu, 2010-08-12 18:03Has anyone else encountered this issue?
Within the pdf print file for an annual publication (which printed last year perfectly) two letters (ci) defaulted to ã when the pdf was created - and was not noticed until printed.
The document was created in CS3 Indesign. Saved as a pdf for print. Same designer, same computer, same font - last year perfect, this year major problem.
The only difference were the pdf presets from the two different printers... I've looked at them and can find few differences. Note: I've attached a zipped file with both presets.
Could there be any other reason for this? I certainly do not want this to happen again.
Thank you for your help.
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Font issue, I'd say.
Hello Kathy,
Could you tell us which font is used.
I see that there are some differences in the joboptions and I want to test it out
grtz
Fidel
The font used was "Abadi MT Condensed Light"
was the change visible in the pdf file o screen?
Oh yes.... and it was missed by everyone. We had gone through a series of pdf proofing by email... using the smallest file size pdf during that proofing process. I then sent high res pdf proofs. The font problem did not appear in any of the proofs. And those proofs were inspected thoroughly.
When I re-pdf'd using the printers pdf presets the error occurred and only on the 2 pages using that font. Please note that last year those two pages printed perfectly with the same font.
Thank you again for your help.
Hi Kathy,
Than the font is corrupted.
I had the same problem with a font. Made a magazine, downloaded a True Type font to use in the publication, everything went OK on local proofs. Then I made a highres pdf from it and sent to the printer. The file was totally wrong, fonts changing and so on.
The problem was the downloaded font. Some hints were wrong in the font and the high def RIP couldn't make the PS file.
I then downloaded another version of the same font and it worked.
Printshops use normal printers to make their proofs, that saves time. But the low lpi settings don't bother about fonts because they cannot achieve the same precise rendering. Only when going through the RIP the problem shows up.
I never use Truetype versions of fonts anymore, especially in small points settings, I just don't trust them anymore.
This said, I made a comparison of the two joboptions. Downloaded a TTF Abadi font :-( and made some pdf's from Indesign CS3. One with the export function from InDesign, one as postcriptfile and ran it through Distiller. All Pdf's were OK.
So my conclusion was that only your version of the Abadi font is no good.
Maybe reinstalling the font is an option.
Regards
Fidel
Thank you Fidel.
That helps... at least I know where the problem lies.
merci beaucoup!
Hi Amparoni,
All ebook converters make a mini website and they think the same way.
If you want your text to be in a certain fontsize, you must apply paragraph styles for your text. The paragraph styles are then converted to a kind of CSS style in the ebook version.
I don't know the converter that you are using, but probably you can find something here
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13135
Good luck
Fidel