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illustator pdf file output character error

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illustator pdf file output character error

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    Correct answer Zaid Al Hilali

    https://forums.adobe.com/people/Zaid+Al+Hilali  schrieb

    Not outlining text would be better as you said Monika.

    @alaa, I used GE SS two in order to replicate the issue on my Mac but all went well, I couldn't see thick block for the character "ا" as in your screenshot!

    Screenshot from PDF. Top is outlined, bottom is not outlined text.

    Are you viewing this in Acrobat?


    Yes, the duo colored text screenshot above is from Acrobat on Macintosh.

    I just tested the same on a Windows machine. On Windows if the text is outlined in Illustrator, text will display Arabic letter "ا" as larger that normal block when viewed in Acrobat, but as you said, no issues whatsoever when text is printed on a Phaser Xerox (postscript) printer.

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    alaaa71764470
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    January 5, 2018

    GUYS, it is really simple!!! (Thanks to the guy who said you need more anchors I found this silly simple solution in CS5.)

    1 - After you convert to outlines.

    2 - (Ctrl+A) Select all.

    3 - Object > Path > Add anchors

    SOLVED!

    P. S

    I accept beers too

    Monika Gause
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    January 5, 2018

    alaaa71764470  schrieb

    GUYS, it is really simple!!!

    Double the number of anchor points in order to fix a screen preview issue that wouldn't even be there if you don't outline the text?

    Really?

    alaaa71764470
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    January 5, 2018

    yes really

    Monika Gause
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    January 1, 2018

    So that someone can help you, please describe which version of Illustrator you are suing on which version of Windows.

    Which font did you use?

    How is this supposed to look?

    Do you use font management?

    Does this work with other fonts?

    How exactly did you generate that PDF?

    Are there any error messages when making the PDF, when opening it? Inside Illustrator about the font?

    alaaa71764470
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    January 1, 2018

    Which font did you use?

    GE SS Two, Lato

    How is this supposed to look?

    wrong pdf output

    this supposed to in illustrator

    s

    Do you use font management? no

    Does this work with other fonts? no

    How exactly did you generate that PDF? save as to pdf

    Monika Gause
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    January 1, 2018

    So basically this letter is a rectangle shape?

    Do you outline fonts before exporting to PDF?