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meghanw87818176
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July 31, 2019
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Fonts Displaying Differently on Different Pages

  • July 31, 2019
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Hello,

I have been looking for an answer to this but haven't found much luck! I am new to Indesign so I am not sure if  the problem needs to be adjusted in my settings but in my Indesign document, I am using the same font, size, stroke, etc. for all of my text boxes, but it comes up differently on different pages - even when I copy and paste the same text box from one page, it thickens it whenever I move it onto a different page. I already checked, there is no stroke, outline or transparency effect. I also saw it helped some people to change their display settings but when I tried changing my display to fast display instead of high quality,  it helped some text boxes but it messed other ones up even more. I'm not sure if it is a setting with my paragraphs that I have set up wrong because my text in the text boxes won't move at all if I hit center or align on the left.

The first image is how the text shows up on my first 3 pages, the second is how it shows up for every page after.  Any help would be appreciated!!!

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Anna Lander
Anna Lander
Inspiring
August 1, 2019

Please, show a screenshot with Pages panel. Did you create any new settings for Master pages? Could it be that you change something keeping the text boxes selected? I don't think that it could be solved by changing Display settings, it must be something with text characteristics. Did you format the text by Paragraph styles? If so, check for any overrides  (+ sign next to the style name) and delete them (the Clear overrides button at the bottom of panel). Also check Character Styles panel to see if you have any unwanted styles applied to all the box.

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meghanw87818176Author
Participating Frequently
August 1, 2019

Thank you for your responses! Here are some screenshots: I did not actually create the document, an intern did, however, she said she didn't change any settings but here are screenshots of the pages, paragraph styles, and character styles. She also said she had pasted some of the text in from a Microsoft word document so I wasn't sure if that could have affected it as well. I'm not seeing any symbol for transparency on the pages pane. I am also using Indesign on a PC and believe I have the most recent version. This happens in Indesign and well as Adobe when I convert it into a PDF. When I open it as a  PDF, some of the text looks bolded and blurry still, but it prints normally. The font I am using is Droid Sans.

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MarcCebrian
Inspiring
August 4, 2023

Font bolding, as Uwe Laubender pointed out above, is almost aways caused by transparency on the page. One way to reduce the risk is to be sure the text is always above any transparency in the stacking order, and I generally do this by making a layer just for text atr the top of the stack.


Peter, I found there was a logo element beside the text, and once I delete it, the text changed. Other pages with logos and text act differently. I'll dig into this.

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Laubender
Adobe Expert
August 1, 2019

Hi meghanw87818176 ,

perhaps you are not aware that there is actually some transparency on the page or on the spreads the pages belong to? A transparent element could be on the pasteboard as well. Or with a layer that is currently set to not visible. Or from an applied master page.

Did you check the Pages panel?

There you could turn on a control that is showing transparency with a little checkered square.

From my German InDesign where you are seeing the viewing options of the Pages panel. To make the square visible you have to:

1. An element of transparency on the spread.

2. Do the size of the pages showing in the Pages panel not to minimum.

3. Check the Symbol for Transparency

What's your version of InDesign on what operating system?

If on Mac OS X is GPU graphic cards support turned on or off?

Regards,
Uwe

Derek Cross
Derek Cross
Adobe Expert
July 31, 2019

Which version of InDesign and OS.

Presumably you're creating a PDF form, and you Exported it as an Interactive PDF?

Did you do any further work on the form in Acrobat Pro?

Which font(s) have you chosen?

Is the problem with the descriptive text or the fonts in the fields (data to be entered by the end-user)?

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