Acrobat List:

Thanks for the responses about the "fuzzy text". I logged onto Adobe and
printed a document dealing with this issue ("Troubleshooting Jagged
Type 1 Font Appearance with ATM 4.0 in Windows 95"). I walked through
each of the steps up to the step of deleting all fonts on system.

What I found was that the screen resolution I was using (800x600) was a
part of the problem. I've now stepped up to 1024 x 768. The screen fonts
are now "better". I also did a comparison between a True Type Font and a
PS Font -Times New Roman and Times (using FrameMaker as the test
program). It seems that what I have is as "good as it gets". With the
"smooth" font option in ATM and the Anti-Alias feature working the font
blends into the screen rather than the clear edge definition I was
looking for (on PS fonts). However, the TT font is jagged on the edges,
especially in the large point sizes. Overall the PS fonts are better,
although the visual appearance of the "blending" or fading is
distracting to me as I view it.

Thanks for the help.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Carmel [SMTP:patricia@nice.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 3:44 AM
> To: 'acrobat@blueworld.com'
> Subject: RE: Fuzzy Fonts
>
>
>
> > Bob Goldsby wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, we have Adobe Type Manager installed (should it be running as
> a
> > > TSR?). I have selected the "Embed All Fonts" option in Distiller.
> > >
> > > Actually, Turning the "SMOOTH TEXT ...." makes it worse. Switching
> > to
> > > the Postscript font took away the fuzziness in Acrobat but the PS
> > fonts
> > > look like the do in FrameMaker -like broken twigs and difficult to
> > read
> > > unless you zoom up to 150% or so.
> >
> I had a similar problem with Garamond - the text looked like
> insects crawling across the page. I solved the problem in the first
> stage by sending fonts as Type 42 (go to your PS driver, open
> Properties
> and in the Fonts tab, put in the change.) In the second stage, we'll
> simply use a font that Acrobat can work with, such as Arial. Good
> luck