Ai file not clear

Question

I did a vector illustration in Ai and then I export as *.EMF file to later upload it in a word document. I have seen that EMF file has better quality when I save the word file as PDF or when I print it; that's why I have used that format so far.

However, for this picture (others worked fine), the pdf format in not clear and it looks like it got pixelated. If I zoom, it is not clear anymore.

Another strange thing I observed: I have 2 layers: one for the lines and the other for the text. If I hide one of these layers and export as EMF and do the same steps, the picture is clear if zoomed in. But a combination of both creates a non-clear image as below.

I am using CS5

Regards,

jdanek · Answer

It looks like a Preview problem. Also, the font does not appear to be embedded in whatever we are looking at. Typically, Layers will have no affect on file appearance. As an option, you could Flatten Layers on a copy of the file and see if that helps. And, you could Outline Fonts and see if that helps ( again, on a copy of the original artwork ). If Outline Fonts is grayed out in the menu, then you have incomplete font suitcase that impedes outlines.

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