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Started by Joe, October 23, 2007, 10:27:46 AM

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leonardr

Quote from: Tim on August 07, 2008, 09:29:18 AMIn the article Julie Shaffer states "Subset fonts in PDF files are not without problems, either. Merging multiple PDF files with subset fonts can, on rare occasions, result in missing characters in the merged PDF file. Subsetting a font will rename it, as shown above, with a random generation of six alpha characters plus the base font name. Unfortunately, Acrobat will use the first version of a particular font name that it detects, creating a problem when two PDF files that happen to have the same six-character prefix are merged within Acrobat — only the glyphs used in the first merged file will be available for all of the other sections of the file. So if a new glyph is used in the subsequent PDF file merged into the first, it will not display or print, and a blank space will appear instead."
This article was written in 2006. Does this statement hold true with the newer versions of Acrobat? We are currently using Acrobat 8 Professional.
That article was out of date when it was written!   

The problem(s) described there reflect known bugs in Adobe Acrobat versions 4 & 5 (NOT the PDF file format) - all of which were resolved by version 6.  So you quite fine with Acrobat 8 or later...

Leonard

mattbeals

Some good information, but as you said it's dated...
Matt Beals

Everything I say is my own personal opinion and has nothing to do with my employer or their views.

KOB



Although it doesn't address the specific issue cited above, we did revisit the "Better PDFs" topics:


http://americanprinter.com/work-flow/designing-printable-files-0708/

All the best
KOB
AP

NefariousDrO

Even if it is a bit dated, it has alot of useful information in it, so I've sent a couple of our customers who seem to struggle with PDF's there, as well as the excellent pages on "prepressure.com".

David

damn, two year old post!
The link from KOB is actually updated for today, July 2, 2010.
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StrutzinInc

Everyone who has ever crafted a PDF in their life should read this. Well-written, informative, and practical. This almost makes me what to read the book.

Bravo!

David

and even better, two years later...

again
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jannatul18

Quote from: Joe on October 23, 2007, 10:27:46 AMI think this might have been posted at PPF previously but I think it's worth a sticky here. Send it to your customers too. ;D

The best PDF's
by Julie Shaffer
Thank you for pinning this helpful post here, definitely going to help all.
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Nate

Anyone have an updated link?

Sounds like there was some useful information in there.

Farabomb

This might be it.

While it had good info, a link to a 2006 article shouldn't me taken as gospel. Things have changed since it was written.

http://americanprinter.com/industry-content/hvto-industry-news/the-best-pdfs
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Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
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born2print

Ms. Shaffer is on Linked-in too, if you are looking to keep in touch with her articles, etc
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Farabomb

Friday I had a customer send a PDF asking me about the quality, fonts and such. It was fine on my end, all fonts were outlined, vector was still there.

I get the assembled file and it's one big image. I have a question in to her how just how a perfectly good PDF got so screwed up.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin

My other job

Joe

Quote from: Farabomb on May 09, 2016, 12:09:14 PMFriday I had a customer send a PDF asking me about the quality, fonts and such. It was fine on my end, all fonts were outlined, vector was still there.

I get the assembled file and it's one big image. I have a question in to her how just how a perfectly good PDF got so screwed up.

Answer: She 'fixed' it for you!
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Farabomb

I have an idea what she did, I just want to hear her answer. I mean, the file was good, why did you touch it?
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin

My other job

Possum

Trying to show you she knows more than you do.  :sarcasm:
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