Okay ... after experimentation to see what I am experiencing.
I recreated the large PDF original with 750 pages from the source files
("combined" other PDF files in Acrobat Pro). It is 53 Mbytes in size.
This _original_ file is fine within Acrobat Pro and FlexiPDF - no error
messages and they display fine too.
However, when I save this original PDF as a new PDF file with the "Reduce PDF
size" option selected, the result is screwed up - even though it does get
reduced to 34 Mbytes in size!
The pages with Source Sans Pro text then get the message I mentioned below when
I read it back into Acrobat Pro! With FlexiPDF, the output has overlapping text
on those pages - messed up display of the page.
As far as I am concerned, this clearly appears to be a bug in Acrobat Pro (the
latest version) that *creates* this problem.
Also means that I have to stop using the "Reduce PDF size" option -
particularly if I use Source Sans Pro, I guess! And live with the larger file
size.
I would love for somebody to duplicate my results ... argh!
Z
-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <[email protected]> On
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Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 3:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output
Interesting!
The page works in FlexiPDF (my other tool), albeit with some overlapping text
(probably implying a font problem, I guess).
In Adobe Acrobat Pro, I get an error message and no text whatsoever.
Hmmm ... I will reload the font and see what happens ...
Z
-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <[email protected]> On
Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 3:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output
Hmmm ... I don't know if the attached screen-capture will come through on this
list, but this is the message I get.
It is a pop-up window from Adobe Acrobat that says "The font 'SourceSansPro'
contains bad /Widths."
Needless to say, most of the info on those pages does not show at all ...
I will try another PDF program, and also see if I can delete/reload the font on
my system to "cure" this issue.
A question though: shouldn't I expect the font to be "embedded" in the PDF to
begin with? Which might likely mean a source problem?
Z
-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <[email protected]> On
Behalf Of Lin Sims
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:01 PM
To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.
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Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output
I haven't seen any error messages. I hope that's not the case. Our corporate
font is Open Sans, but the tech docs department needs a lot of glyphs that
aren't included in it. Source Sans was the closest we could come, and I do not
want to have to go looking for another font.
On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 9:42 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I wonder if this is related to the font Source Sans Pro?
>
> Some of my PDF documents that have this font are giving errors in
> Acrobat Pro - something to do with "incorrect width". I can look again
> if this seems like a possibility.
>
> Z
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