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bartłomiejg30139368
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February 21, 2023
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Font sharpness display - pdf export

  • February 21, 2023
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Hello, I noticed some issue in my pdf exports from InDesign CS6...

some pages are sharp, some smooth... I checked some different settings but I didnt find the reason

 

Page 1:

Page 2 and others:

 

any ideas? thanks in advice.

 

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bartłomiejg30139368Author
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February 22, 2023

thx for the replies,

1. @BobLevine I'm using Adobe Acrobat X Pro, without flattening transparency, and you're kinda right, for example in Google Chrome is everything ok.

2. @Bill Silbert Yes I'm using File / Export / Save as PDF (Print), but it doesnt matter if I save it as High Quality Print (CMYK) or my own preset (RGB)

3. @Luke Jennings3 Fonts are the same, colors black proof, but I realized that this occurs on whole page - not only on fonts, its looks like anti-aliasing is turned off, and I find why 

 

File with issue

 

Same file but without image - no issue

 

Another file but different image - no issue

 

In my opinion its something wrong with some images data that brakes anti-aliasing in Acrobat...

Files attached

 

Luke Jennings3
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Luke Jennings3Community Expert
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February 21, 2023

Other possibilities; Two different fonts, different type color (registration). Can you upload a sample pdf?

Bill Silbert
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Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
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February 21, 2023

Have you created your PDFs through File>Export using the High Quality preset? Since you are using CS6 it seems possible that you may have created your PDF using the Save as PDF option in your Printer's Print dialog window. This method, in my experience, produced PDFs of lower quality and in later versions of InDesign it is no longer supported. If that is the case then try creating the PDF as suggested in my first sentence instead.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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February 21, 2023

Whatever the issue, I would bet against it having anything to do with InDesign and everything to do with however you're viewing the PDFs unless you're flattening transparency which would rasterize it.

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