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Vector "I"s and "l"s Render Heavy

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2008-01-07 13:23:22
arminvit
Registered: Jan 7 2008
Posts: 4

Hello,

In all my years of making PDFs nothing has infuriated me more than a recent bug: Whenever I use a vector (.eps or .ai) logo in outlines and save a PDF from either Adobe Illustrator or InDesign, any shape that is just a "stick" gets rendered heavy, and the more you zoom out the uglier it gets. At first I thought it could just be me, but other logos suffer the same fate.

Here is a PDF so that you can see what I'm seeing (hopefully).

http://exchange.underconsideration.com/misc/i_logos_02.pdf

Interestingly, in Mac's Preview application the PDFs look as sharp as they can be. So this is clearly some sort of Acrobat glitch.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Armin

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2008-01-07 13:48:10
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arminvit
Registered: Jan 7 2008
Posts: 4
So in a desperate attempt to solve my problem, I solved it!

I added two vector points with at the middle of the "stick" and added curve handle bars and kept them straight. And it worked. The PDFs now look sharp.

Here is a GIF of the solution for anyone that might Google their way on this subject.

[img]http://exchange.underconsideration.com/misc/pdf_stick_fix.gif[/img]
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