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Leonard, I used to make PDFs of hundreds of magazine pages built with a combination of elements, including EPS logos and fonts that had been converted to paths. With Acrobat 4, the portions of the page with EPS files always looked like crap. We were using Quark 4 and Acrobat 4 in combo. I just tested a file using my suggestions with Illustrator CS and AB 6, and the EPS distilled looks fine. Whether my experience was about Quark or an earlier version of AB I don't know. But as the old saying goes, "once bitten, twice shy." Perhaps some of the fonts were non-commercial varieties, or type 3 (as I remember, they always looked bad in PDFs, no matter where they originated from). So, that said, without looking at the PDF I don't have a clue what this person's problem is. She's welcome to send it to me for a peek. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Rosenthol Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] EPS to PDF PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ At 01:07 PM 4/14/2004, Rich Sprague wrote: >My experience is that EPS files converted to PDF always look nasty on >screen. They will print okay, however. I don't see why that would be... True, EPS's placed into programs that use the raster-based preview are going to be lame on screen, but Adobe application (and I think Quark) all process the vector data.. >This can be tested by taking an Illustrator file with text and making >the PDF two ways: > >1. Save to PDF. >2. Convert text to paths and save to PDF. > >The text will always look better when the characters are left as fonts. Yes, but that has NOTHING to do with EPS - that's the removal of the font hinting data (and potential loss of anti-aliasing). Leonard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Rosenthol <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chief Technical Officer <http://www.pdfsages.com> PDF Sages, Inc. 215-938-7080 (voice) 215-938-0880 (fax) To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
