[Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output

[Lin Sims]

I was contacted by an Adobe developer because I participate in the beta
testers program for FrameMaker, and I posted this as an issue on the
discussion board.

I've also added a feature request to Tracker to have a new preference added
for saving PDFs to the directory containing the source files, because I
f***ing hate the way the Publish pod keeps dropping stuff into a
subdirectory of whatever the last directory you saved PDFs to was, which is
just PANTS as far as I'm concerned. If anyone wants to vote for it, you can
find it here: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-9286

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:36 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>
wrote:

> That is great, Lin. It would be good if they fix this issue!
>
> It is not clear where it is occurring. Although I suspect it is in Acrobat
> Pro, since I am not generating a new file from FrameMaker - just combining
> other PDF files containing Source Sans Pro with file size reduction - each
> of which independently is fine.
>
> Z
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers <framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris.net at lists.frameusers.com>
> On Behalf Of Lin Sims
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 2:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Framers] Weird spacing in PDF output
>
> For those who may (or may not) be interested, I tried creating a PDF from
> the same TOC file after substituting different fonts in. The PDF generated
> from the TOCs using either Open Sans or Calibri were even WORSE than the
> one created using Source Sans Pro. However, the one generated from a TOC
> using ARIAL as the font generated perfectly. It must be some interaction
> between the font and the PDF engine.
>
> I had a coworker try to generate a PDF from the original TOC using the
> Source Sans Pro and he got the same result I did, so it is not just my
> machine having the issue. An Adobe developer contact me today about this
> and requested sample files, which I have sent. Here's hoping someone comes
> up with a clue on what is happening and why!
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 8:09 AM Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The last time I was successful was August 2019 and I was using FM2019,
> > so yes, that's changed.
> > Acrobat is on subscription, so that's changed.
> > Windows has updated a time or two, so that's changed.
> > This is the only document this is happening in, but it's also the only
> > document using the word "Software" in a heading that's pulled into the
> TOC.
> >
> > There's not a lot I can do about any of those changes, and as long as
> > the tried and true File > Print Book works, I've a viable workaround.
> > It's just that it's a long time to process viable workaround.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 7:14 PM Peter Gold
> > <peter at petergold.photography>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 3:31 PM Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Sometimes they do, and they also wander through the Adobe
> >> > FrameMaker
> >> forum
> >> > from time to time. I might ping Amitoj and ask him to read this
> >> > thread
> >> and
> >> > the concurrent thread there. Or enter a bug in the tracker, but
> >> > this is such an oddball occurrence ...
> >> >
> >> > The really weird thing is that the last time I created a PDF from
> >> > this document was in August 2019, with FM2019, and it worked
> >> > perfectly with
> >> Save
> >> > As PDF.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I learned from my doctors that if you're having different symptoms
> >> after years on the same doses of the same meds, sometimes the cause
> >> is the body's changed. So, since the last time you were successful
> >> with your same workflow, has Windows been upgraded or patched, or FM?
> >> Or the font? Or the internal FM>PDF stuff? Hey, it's not rocket
> >> science, but it is science. :)
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