[Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

Okay ... after experimentation to see what I am experiencing.

I recreated the large PDF original with 750 pages from the source files ("combined" other PDF files in Acrobat Pro). It is 53 Mbytes in size.

This _original_ file is fine within Acrobat Pro and FlexiPDF - no error messages and they display fine too. 

However, when I save this original PDF as a new PDF file with the "Reduce PDF size" option selected, the result is screwed up - even though it does get reduced to 34 Mbytes in size!

The pages with Source Sans Pro text then get the message I mentioned below when I read it back into Acrobat Pro! With FlexiPDF, the output has overlapping text on those pages - messed up display of the page.

As far as I am concerned, this clearly appears to be a bug in Acrobat Pro (the latest version) that *creates* this problem.

Also means that I have to stop using the "Reduce PDF size" option - particularly if I use Source Sans Pro, I guess! And live with the larger file size.

I would love for somebody to duplicate my results ... argh!

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris.net at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 3:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

Interesting!

The page works in FlexiPDF (my other tool), albeit with some overlapping text (probably implying a font problem, I guess).

In Adobe Acrobat Pro, I get an error message and no text whatsoever.

Hmmm ... I will reload the font and see what happens ...

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris.net at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 3:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

Hmmm ... I don't know if the attached screen-capture will come through on this list, but this is the message I get.

It is a pop-up window from Adobe Acrobat that says "The font 'SourceSansPro' contains bad /Widths."

Needless to say, most of the info on those pages does not show at all ... 

I will try another PDF program, and also see if I can delete/reload the font on my system to "cure" this issue. 

A question though: shouldn't I expect the font to be "embedded" in the PDF to begin with? Which might likely mean a source problem?

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris.net at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Lin Sims
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

I haven't seen any error messages. I hope that's not the case. Our corporate font is Open Sans, but the tech docs department needs a lot of glyphs that aren't included in it. Source Sans was the closest we could come, and I do not want to have to go looking for another font.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 9:42 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>
wrote:

> I wonder if this is related to the font Source Sans Pro?
>
> Some of my PDF documents that have this font are giving errors in 
> Acrobat Pro - something to do with "incorrect width". I can look again 
> if this seems like a possibility.
>
> Z
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