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Re: Print to PDF from AppleWorks 5.1? - Yes, Virginia

Subject: Re: Print to PDF from AppleWorks 5.1? - Yes, Virginia
From: sicklittlemonkey <nick.westgate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:42:49 -0800 (PST)
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On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:19:12 PM UTC+13, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> There must be some weird rule in Reader's font scaling, at least
> on Windows.  BTW, as I change the zome smoothly, the line spacing
> jumps up and down--no doubt a result of rounding to the nearest
> raster line.  This font rendering issue is no doubt related.

It may be caused by Windows. Here's an interesting pic:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/190344/wpf-blurry-fonts-problem-solutions
(Look for the "cascade" pic in the top answer.)

When we have truly hi-res monitors, ClearType and WPF will solve the kinds of problems you see in Reader. (Unless it truly is an Adobe thing!)

Cheers,
Nick.

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