Re: pdf with sporadic bold text

"Joris" <pinkse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On May 18, 3:42 pm, "Tim Arnold" <tim.arn...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"Tim Arnold" <tim.arn...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

<snip long explanations>

Thanks to those who responded. I have confirmed that Sumatra PDF and
Multivalent PDF readers render the text correctly. Only Adobe Reader 9 and
Acrobat 8 show the bolded text, and they truly do show the text as bolded,
it's not zoom-dependent. It happens with both the URW and the CMR fonts;
they're the only ones I tried.

here is an minimal example; I've posted a summary also on comp.text.pdf.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{graphicx,lipsum}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
Surrounding text is NORMAL
\includegraphics{singleclickbutton2}
\lipsum[5]
\newpage
\lipsum[1]
Surround text is BOLD
\includegraphics{singleclickbutton3}
\lipsum[5]
\end{document}

The actual files are here:http://www.jtartlabs.com/test/
the pdf is test.pdf
The source files: test.tex, singleclickbutton2.png, singleclickbutton3.png

please let me know if you have a clue as to what's going on. I haven't
been
able to google a direct answer.

thanks,
--Tim Arnold

Tim,

Bizarre. Both your posted pdf file and the one I get by compiling
your source show up without bold text in my acrobat reader version 8.0
(for linux).

Best,

J.

Thanks for taking a look. I've sent the pdf around and when people view it
at large zoom levels, the effect is not very noticeable. If you look at it
where the page fits in the reader (around 40% zoom on my monitor), you can
see a noticeable difference between the two pages. If that still doesn't
exhibit the problem I guess it's either a difference between monitors or
between version 8 and 9.1.

One workaround I've been given is to change 'Rendering Smooth Text' setting,
but any setting except the one for LCD screens is so bad the 'bolded' effect
is lost.

I'm still trying to find a solution: I'm building PDFs for customers and the
effect (on my screen at least) using Adobe Reader 9.1 is unacceptable for
professional publishing.

thanks,
--Tim


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