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Phillip Wilkerson wrote:
>
> Is there a bug relating to proportional fonts when they get printed to
> a PDF file?
>
> We have lots of JCL in our tech pubs, which must align exactly right.
> They align correctly in WordPerfect (using Courier 7 True Type), but
> when we make PDFs, the alignment is all crooked. Any ideas?

Gregory D. Menzel replied:

< I have the same problem with WordPerfect. It seems that when I
< create a PDF of a document that uses a fixed-pitch font (such as
< Courier) with a flush right margin, the right margin on the PDF
< turns out with large gaps. Not sure what is causing this.
< Switching to a proportional font (e.g. Times) fixes the problem.
< So does turning off the flush right margin.

I have another variation on this problem:

I use Times New Roman with WordPerfect (6.1 for Windows) with full
justification. When I "print" it to PDF format everything looks
perfect, but when I print it from Acrobat to an HP LaserJet 4 the
rightmost letter lines up with the right margin and all the other
letters line up from the left margin, i.e. leaving a small gap to the
left of the final letter on the line. Today I have discovered that
this does not happen if I print the same document to a LaserJet III.

Could it be that at some stage there is a font substitution and the
individual letters are a bit narrow? Or is a) WordPerfect, b)
PDFWriter, c)Exchange, d) the printer driver or e) the printer
software not following the "rules" about placing characters in the
right place?

Colin Whiteley
Barcelona, Spain
cwhiteley@tyco.geis.com