Hi, Lin: AHA! It's a secret plot of some kind. I remember there was a time long ago, when FM's auto-correct would replace "InterLeaf" or some other proprietary competitor, with "FrameMaker."
The word-spacing computation might have a rounding error when it encounters specific glyph combinations in this particular font. Perhaps substitute a similar font for the problematic word(s) or adjust the kerning or letter-spacing, perhaps by applying a character format that sets one or the other or both properties. HTH On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 11:58 AM Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: > Peter > > > > Seriously, I'm sure you have tried changing the source, say, with a > > different word, or if it's a text variable try plain text, or is a > > character tag applied, or if it's a corporate-name font, swap it, etc. Is > > the font customized to apply special kerning or spacing to specific glyph > > pairs? > > > The word "Pulse" is a text variable in the source, but once it gets to the > TOC it's plain text. I did try changing it in the source to text. The > pictures you see are the "after" of that try. > > The font is Source Sans Pro. The TOC paragraph tag does have word spacing > adjusted to ensure that I don't have text abutting the page number > (standard workaround, minimum 190%, maximum 210%, optimum 100%), but since > all the other tags have the exact same settings, why would those two, and > only those two, convert from FM to PDF so weirdly? I don't touch the letter > spacing or stretch settings on the font tab. There are no character tags > applied in either the source file or the generated TOC. > > Doug > > > For instance, insert Pulse Software before the word "Pulse", and PDF it > > again. Observe the results. > > > No joy on this. There appears to be something about the actual word > "Software" that the PDF engine is having a conniption about. The original > text has Software oddly space, and the inserted text right before it also > has "Software oddly spaced. In fact, the "e" from "Software" is overlapping > the "P" of the original "Pulse". > > Maybe it's time to reinstall Acrobat. Again. I have constant problems with > this program. Multiple Fatal DDE Errors, an inability to open PDFs by > double-clicking on them from File Explorer or the download bar at the > bottom of a browser, and on and on. An Adobe tech completely wiped every > Adobe program and reinstalled them, and I've even had my machine completely > reimaged and the problems continue. > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 8:47 AM Doug <dbailey4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Experiment by making changes to the source. > > > > For instance, insert Pulse Software before the word "Pulse", and PDF it > > again. Observe the results. If the new words display fine, delete > > everything after them and PDF it again. Observe the results. > > > > You might be able to fix it, even if you might never discover why. > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 5:50 PM Peter Gold <peter@petergold.photography> > > wrote: > > > > > It's a no-brainer, Lin! It's "social distancing. :) > > > > > > Seriously, I'm sure you have tried changing the source, say, with a > > > different word, or if it's a text variable try plain text, or is a > > > character tag applied, or if it's a corporate-name font, swap it, etc. > Is > > > the font customized to apply special kerning or spacing to specific > glyph > > > pairs? > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 3:46 PM Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > This is only happening with 2 entries in the entire TOC. In the TOC, > > they > > > > look identical to all the other entries in the TOC. I've checked the > > > > paragraph tags in both the original files and the TOC files and they > > are > > > > the same. But in the PDF created from that TOC, the text for those > two > > > > headings is weirdly spaced for the word Software. > > > > > > > > I've posted this to the Adobe FrameMaker forum, with pictures. If > > anyone > > > > has an idea, I'd appreciate it. It's a little thing, but it looks > bad. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/weird-spacing-in-toc-after-conversion-to-pdf/td-p/11427776?page=1 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Lin Sims > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > > > > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > > > > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > > > > Archives located at > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > > > > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > > > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > > > Archives located at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > > > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > > Archives located at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > > > > -- > Lin Sims > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com