On Nov 15, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Plinnell wrote:
> On Monday 15 November 2004 21:21, Marcus Hauer wrote: >> hi there, >> >> my system: Mac OS X 10.3.6 - Apple X11 - scribus 1.2RC1 (installed >> with >> fink) - gs 8.13 >> >> problem: i exported a document to pdf with scribus and it always shows >> the text as a outline (i guess - because it's not selectable or >> searchable)... so it looks very blurry and not as sharp as a similar >> document exported with InDesign CS (which is selectable and >> searchable) >> . i use in both documents the opentype font "Helvetica Neue LT Std" by >> Adobe... >> > > This is for two reasons: > > 1) By converting to outlines, it assures good looking output which is > backwardly compatible with other platforms and viewers. (Few > applications on > Linux or other *nix's support OTF well - yet.) > > 2) This can in many cases, reduce the file size. > >> i tried acrobat 4 and 5 settings. > > This will not have any affect. >> >> btw. i use the apple Preview.app to view these pdfs (which works with >> the indesign files very well) > > > Personally, I am not a big fan of the preview app, and instantly turn > to > Acrobat Reader or full Acrobat for viewing PDF. If you use Acrobat > Reader 5 > or 6 to view Scribus PDF's with "Smooth text" and Smooth line art" in > the > preferences, you will see a dramatic difference. it looks far more uglier than in preview ... > > In any case, Scribus PDF will print at very high resolution with crisp > clear > text. If you need to have searchable text, then you will need to use > Type 1 > fonts. not a solution for me... > > By the way, Scribus 1.2.1 CVS has many new options for font embedding > and > export. We hope to have 1.2.1 done in the coming weeks. > with opentype support? thank you for your fast clarification. > Hope that helps, > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
