Hi Matthias, Thanks for the quick reply and the workaround
The problem also happens in a black on white scenario, in fact that's where I first noticed it. You can see an example at http://www.clearviewis.com/fonts2.jpg The text from the earlier version seems less harsh which looks better when viewing a whole page. However, when comparing the SWF from the latest version with the original PDF at the same visible size the text looks exactly the same so well done on performing a exact match ;-) Also in my tests the latest version is a bit faster, the file sizes are very similar and the conversion does seem to produce a more accurate conversion so again well done. Regards Tony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthias Kramm Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Swftools-common] PDF2SWF: Fonts seem bolder in latest version On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 05:35:17PM -0400, Tony Stallan <[email protected]> wrote: > I was just running a comparison of the latest windows build (Jun 10) > against an older version that I am currently using (Aug 09) > > One of the most obvious difference I can see is that the fonts seem > bolder in the latest version. Right now whether FlashType (i.e., Flash 8+9 font rendering) or the older Flash font renderer is to be used is determined by a compile-time flag . I guess I can make this a command line parameter if you really prefer the non-FlashType fonts. (They *do* look weird white-on-black like in your screenshot- I like them better in the black-on-white scenario, though) A workaround in the meantime is converting the file targeting Flash 7 and then adjusting the version to 9: pdf2swf -T7 file.pdf -o file.swf swfcombine -d --flashversion 9 file.swf -o file.swf Matthias
