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  Illustrator to PDF text problem

  Posted by David Prill on February 1, 2009 at 7:40 am

  I recently completed a project in Illustrator Cs4 and sent my .ai file to the printing company (Disc Makers). When the printer sent me a .pdf proof I noticed some anomalies in the text, all instances of the letters “L” and “I” appear thicker and somewhat distorted. They also sent me a .jpg proof as well and it looks perfect. I was worried that perhaps there was an issue with my .ai file so I went ahead and created my own press quality .pdf file, it looked fine. I am not sure if it matters, the text was copied and pasted from a Word document into Illustrator, also I am on a PC and the print company uses Mac. I am concerned because the printer uses the pdf file to print. I am new to Illustrator so I am hoping it’s not something on my end. Has anyone else run it to this?

  Thank you for your help
  David

  Vincent Rosati replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Vincent Rosati

  February 23, 2009 at 9:36 pm

  Vector PDF proofs will often display this phenomenon. I’m sure if you zoom into (or test print) the proof you will see that it is just a display quirk.

  Vince

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