Equations from FM 7.0 getting warped. Fixed in 7.2?

[Shlomo Perets]

John,

You wrote:

>I have a document that includes a large number of equations. When I
>produce a pdf from FM 6.0 (windows) it turns out fine. When I produce
>the pdf in FM 7.0, they get all messed up (they appear warped, smashed,
>squished, whatever you want to call it). Having just upgraded to FM 7.2,
>I noticed on the same document that the problem has apparently been
>fixed. However, I have only my current document to test it on. Can
>someone who is familiar with the problem provide me with some
>reassurance that Adobe in fact solved the problem in FM 7.2? Or, did my
>document accidentally come out looking right? I'll be creating a lot of
>similar documents and would like to move forward with a certain amount
>of confidence that this problem won't raise it's ugly head again.

I have a test book with several hundred equations and PDF results from 
FM6.0, FM7.0, FM7.1 and FM7.2 are identical (I wish the display quality was 
better, but printed results are fine). In all cases, "Adobe PDF" is the 
default PS driver; the book is printed to a .ps file and then distilled.

Did you see Adobe Tech Note #328011 [ 
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/328011.html ] which describes a 
specific issue with FM7.0p492 and an unavailable Times font?


Shlomo Perets

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