At 02:39 PM 1/20/05 +0100, d. collins wrote:
>OK, I just posted a 3 page PDF:
>- page 1 is printed directly to PDF from Finale
>- page 2 is the same Finale file compiled as a Postscript listing and then 
>distilled with exactly the same settings
>- page 3 is a blank page printed to PDF from Sibelius

I have Acrobat Reader 5.

With 'smooth line art' unchecked, your examples all have distinctly
irregular line thicknesses on my screen. Sibelius has fewer at 100%, but
they get worse at higher magnification -- not equal until 1000%. Finale #2
has the same problem, but it's not as bad. Finale #1 gets better at
intermediate magnifications, but at 1200% is irregular again. 

Checking smooth line art unchecked fuzzies up the edges, and at least makes
it look somewhat balanced at 100%.

At 01:24 PM 1/20/05 +0100, Jari Williamsson wrote:
>Printwise, I think so. Try to print:
>http://www.jwmusic.nu/linesample.pdf
>to A4. On my printer, the staff lines have the same width.

On-screen, the lines are still irregular in Acrobat 5 -- very noticeable at
100%. And just as ugly as mine or Dennis's.

All the examples print with irregular line thicknesses, but I'm attributing
that to the resolution of the non-PS laser printer.

I've posted the screen shots of the above files here:
http://maltedmedia.com/images/finale/

(The other) Dennis







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