Hi Mike,
We have installed our own fonts in Windows. The font in question is
Adobe Garamond Pro (OpenType).
I still have to check the Windows default printer--not at office now.
thanks
Karen
Message: 4
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:24:14 -0500
From: Mike Wickham <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Text reflows when converting to PDF
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Per the thread noted below, DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics is set to ON in
the default maker.ini file. I don't quite understand the file note for
that setting
A printer can print fonts at 1200 dpi. The monitor is typically around
96 ppi. So FrameMaker can't display the characters in the perfect
location on screen. It can place the characters in a way that makes them
best fit the pixels on screen (DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=Off).
Character spacing will be neater this way, but it may make the line
lengths appear incorrectly. If your text is justified, you may actually
see lines of text that extend beyond the right-hand border of the text
box on screen (but not when you print). If your text is set ragged
right, you may not notice the problem.
Or, FrameMaker can space the characters in a way that more closely
resembles where the printer will place them
(DisplayUsingPrinterMetrics=On). The line lengths will be right, but the
kerning between characters (again, on screen only) will be a bit off to
make that happen. It's your choice. I think the program default has the
setting set to Off, but most people probably set it to On.
what I see on-screen is the same as what prints on my local printer
but not the same as what appears in the PDF.
I think that's the hint to the source of your problem. You are probably
using printer-resident fonts. Printers come with hard-wired fonts. The
printer driver lets programs like FrameMaker see those fonts, display
them as choices in font dropdown menus, display them on screen, and
print them correctly to the local printer where the fonts are resident.
But the fonts are not actually installed on the computer. So when you
create a PDF, Acrobat cannot embed the fonts, and must substitute
something else. The results are sometimes not noticeable. Other times,
they are horrendous. To see if this is the case, look in your
Windows\Fonts folder to see if the fonts are actually installed.
If not, the solution is to install the fonts on the computer. The
installation disk that comes with the printer should have the fonts on
it, available for manual installation on the computer. Simply find the
fonts and follow the proper installation procedure for your version of
Windows.
Mike Wickham
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