Line width in inported graphics slightly diminishing in FMgenerated PDFs

[Dov Isaacs]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: frameusers.com On Behalf Of Reng, Winfried
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:19 AM
> To: framers at FrameUsers.com
> Subject: AW: Line width in inported graphics slightly 
> diminishing in FMgenerated PDFs
> ...
> 
> When I check the font size in my PDF files there´s also often 
> a difference. E.g. the font size in FrameMaker is 10 pt, and 
> Acrobat says 9.96 pt. (Other text in Acrobat has exactly the 
> same font size as in FrameMaker.) 4 % would be a rather large 
> rounding error.
> I don´t know whether these differences in line width and font 
> size have the same cause.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Winfried

The TEXT issue is indeed different. FrameMaker does not generate
its own PostScript for text. It goes through Windows GDI where
the coordinate system is based on device resolution, not "points."
As such, rounding errors can and will occur, not in FrameMaker
and not in the PostScript driver, but in Windows GDI. Note that
you will see the same thing. Nothing will resolve this for 
FrameMaker unless it generated its own PostScript or PDF directly!