On Tuesday 17 August 2010 12:13:52 Nathan wrote: > Submitted on 08/17/2010 > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224] > > Submitted values are: > > Name: Nathan > Email Address: evokal at gmail.com > Subject: exporting to .pdf messes up the fonts in final doc. > Message: > Hey I am using Arial font for my upcoming book, but everytime I export the > file to .pdf and open it - something weird has happens to the font - it > looks darker, and messier than in Scribus and the letter L looks like it > has been stretched and bolded every time. (by the way, in Scribus > everything looks perfect) > > Any ideas why this has happened? I also exported the same file last week > and it worked fine - so I am not sure what is going on today. > > thanks in advance. > > Nathan > > About your Scribus program: > Version: 1.3.3.14 > Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt > Build Date: > Your operating system and CPU: > Type: Windows > Version: Win7 > CPU type: Other/Don't know > > The results of this submission may be viewed at: > http://www.scribus.net/?q=node/158/submission/525 > > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
Could be a problem with your pdf viewer. Try magnifying the image and see if the artifacts disappear. Print out a page locally and see if it prints OK. If you are publishing a book in the US or the UK I would suggest a serif and not a sans-serif font. For these audiences sans-serif fonts are tiring and irritating. I would suggest using something other than the standard Microsoft or Adobe fonts. Sometimes unexpected font substitution can occur. Deja Vu family has both Serif and Sans-Serif faces. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
