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EricaSholycow
Inspiring
July 11, 2018
Question

Blurry/fat text in Indesign vs Acrobat

  • July 11, 2018
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I've found that the text in IndesignCC is fat/blurry. See compared to the same file output in Acrobat. See photo, Acrobat on the left and Indesign on the right.

IndesignCC 13.1
Windows 10
NVidia Graphic

Any idea why this would be happening and how to fix it?

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    Pludeliplutte
    Participant
    April 21, 2021

    Having the same problem...   ...almost!

    On all, ALL, InDesign project that I do everything is fine until my last page. The text on those last page seem non-anti-aliased. When I export those documents, the fonts on the last page are all weird/fuzzy. I've search solution and tried all of them, and nothing work!

     

     

     

    I'm working on Windows10!

      Jeff Witchel, ACI
      Community Expert
      Jeff Witchel, ACICommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 13, 2018

      Can you upload screenshot the is more zoomed in on the text? I see no difference in the screenshot you uploaded before.

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      EricaSholycowAuthor
      Inspiring
      July 14, 2018

      Here it is at 150%.

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 14, 2018

      That looks more like an anti aliasing thing.

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 11, 2018

      Do you have any scaling set in the operating system? Is the monitor running at its native resolution? Is it a single monitor or dual monitors? Finally, what version of Windows 10 are you running?

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      EricaSholycowAuthor
      Inspiring
      July 12, 2018

      Scaling is set at 100% and the monitor is running at native resolution 2560x1440 pixels. It is a single monitor and it is Windows 10 Pro (most recent build)

      Is 2560x1400 just a bad resolution for a 32 in monitor???

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 12, 2018

      I have two Dell QHD monitors running at that resolution. My second one is set to 125% but the main monitor is set to 100%. When I drag panels or a file to the second monitor it’s noticeably blurry.

      In your InDesign prefs, do you have UI scaling turned on?

      Colin Flashman
      Community Expert
      Colin FlashmanCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 11, 2018

      A client of mine had a similar issue last year. This thread may help:

      InDesign runs at a weird resolution - Microsoft Community

      If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
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        EricaSholycowAuthor
        Inspiring
        July 11, 2018

        Well this was certainly something I didn't know about so thank you for pointing it out. I tried a couple of the setting suggested but nothing seemed to change! I'm starting to wonder if I'm just crazy.

        Derek Cross
        Community Expert
        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 11, 2018

        Try this in InDesign: View > Display Performance > High Quality Display.

        If that works, do it with no documents open and it will become the default setting.

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        EricaSholycowAuthor
        Inspiring
        July 11, 2018

        Hi there,

        Thanks for the suggestion but I think that command only impacts images and not the actual text. (I tried it and it did not impacts the text at all) The text really seems to be the problem here.

        Derek Cross
        Community Expert
        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 11, 2018

        Go to the Layers panel, and ensure the text Layer is moved to the top (you can use the twirl down to reveal the layers).

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