Sometimes they do, and they also wander through the Adobe FrameMaker forum from time to time. I might ping Amitoj and ask him to read this thread and the concurrent thread there. Or enter a bug in the tracker, but this is such an oddball occurrence ...
The really weird thing is that the last time I created a PDF from this document was in August 2019, with FM2019, and it worked perfectly with Save As PDF. On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 3:17 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, indeed, Wonderland and not good! ... :( > > I don't have a TOC in my document - it is a combination of other PDF docs > - so I cannot comment on that issue you have found! > > Certainly sounds like it may be worth reporting to Adobe ... perhaps they > are monitoring this list. :) Or if somebody with a support agreement can > duplicate my finding and report it. > > I am going to try to find some time to test FlexiPDF, to see if it can > combine those documents into a large PDF, what size file it creates, > whether the output there results in an Acrobat Pro problem, etc. > > Z > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Lin Sims > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 8:16 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output > > Interesting. The problem is that you're seeing the issue after using > Reduce Size. I'm seeing it before any edits or size reduction is made to > the PDF. > I'm not entirely certain the issues are related, but I am no Acrobat > expert. I basically have a joboptions file that I attach and then I forget > about it because I'm not doing anything fancy, just creating PDFs for use > by customers. > > Again, the text is messed up only in the TOC after I turn the book into a > PDF. In the file with the headings that are being included in the TOC, the > text displays perfectly in both the Frame file and in the PDF created from > it. > > I've never seen the error message you mention, either. > > I don't think I like this version of Wonderland ... > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 7:10 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain > > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 3:22 PM > > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > > [email protected]> > > 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 > > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > > [email protected]> > > 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. < > > [email protected]> > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] > > > > > -- > Lin Sims > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > 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 [email protected] > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] 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 [email protected]
