tech at atlantictechsolutions.com wrote: > Quoting Gustavo Homem <gustavo at login.com.pt>: > >>Hello, >> >>Thanks for your answer. I will try the latest GSview. >> >> Changing the settings on Acrobat's preferences helps a bit but the >> quality is still not the same as with Acrobat 7 on windows (you can see the >> pdf for your self on the link I posted). >> >> Best regards >> Gustavo >> >>ary 2005 14:07, PLinnell wrote: >> >>>Quoting Gustavo Homem <gustavo at login.com.pt>: >>> >>>>Good evening, >>>> >>>>I have just subscribed to this list. After using scribus for a while >>>>together >>>> >>>>with some friends, there are some questions we would like to pose: >>>> >>>>1) What is the "official" PDF viewer to use with Scribus ? >>>> >>>> The ghostview based views (gv, kghostview) do not render the scribus >>>>generated PDFs (ghostscript returns errors).Xpdf renders the document >> >>but >> >>>>the >>>> >>>>fonts are not accurate. Acrobat Reader 5 for Linux produces the best >>>>result but the fonts are usually blurred and show antialiasing >> >>artifacts. >> >>>>Acrobat Reader 7 for windows, shows the PDF perfectly. >>> >>>See the last few paragraphs of : >>> >> >>http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&sm=exportingtopdf&page=pdfexport1 >> >>>Plus, your Acro Reader prefs might not be correct. See: >>>http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&sm=dtptoolbox&page=toolbox1 >>> >>> >>>>An example PDF to illustrate the problem can be found here: >>>> >>>>http://people.login.com.pt/~gustavo/scribus >>>> >>>>It has embbeded fonts (Microsoft Fonts installed on Linux: Verdana, >>>>Trebuchet, >>>>etc...). >>> >>>Hope that helps, >>> >>>Peter >>> > > Comparing Acro 7 on Windows and Acro 5 on Linux is not really fair ;-) > > I tested the display on Acro 5 Pro for windows and Acro 5 Reader for Linux. > The > display to me is the same at the same zoom levels. > > Cheers, > > Peter
I've got the Beta of Acrobat 7 for Linux at home. I'll give it a try and post my results here. Regards, Steven
