Sumatra PDF free Adobe Reader replacement for Windows

Alexander Turcic · 03-06-2007, 04:44 PM

Sick of the bloat in Adobe Reader? Sumatra PDF is a new alternative open-source viewer for PDF documents. It doesn't require an installer, has no bloat, and renders pages quite fast blindingly fast even with complex PDF structures.

Click here to download the most current version of Sumatra PDF.

Alternatively, you may want to try Foxit PDF Reader, which is more feature-rich than Sumatra PDF, yet lighter than Adobe Reader, and also free as in beer.

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segatang · 03-06-2007, 11:23 PM

Thanks, Alex.

Not bad. The PDF files which foxit reader 2.0 can open are rendered properly "without" the MuPDF engine.

It cannot render PDFs with nonembedded Japanese fonts and newer version of PDF "with" the MuPDF engine.
Internal hyperlinks do not work.

The fonts of traditional Chinese is not rendered well, but it maybe is the inherent problem of xpdf for traditional Chinese fonts.

It is just version "Beta 0.5" and is potential to be a simple, fast, and nice PDF reader.

JAcheson · 03-09-2007, 11:01 AM

I was using Foxit for a while, but when I tried printing PDFs from it, it produced really lousy results. I went back to Adobe Reader, reluctantly.

03-06-2007, 04:44 PM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Sumatra PDF free Adobe Reader replacement for Windows Sick of the bloat in Adobe Reader? Sumatra PDF is a new alternative open-source viewer for PDF documents. It doesn't require an installer, has no bloat, and renders pages quite fast blindingly fast even with complex PDF structures. Click here to download the most current version of Sumatra PDF. Alternatively, you may want to try Foxit PDF Reader, which is more feature-rich than Sumatra PDF, yet lighter than Adobe Reader, and also free as in beer. [via Neowin.net]

03-06-2007, 11:23 PM	#2
segatang Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 81 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taiwan Device: Kolin i-library	Thanks, Alex. Not bad. The PDF files which foxit reader 2.0 can open are rendered properly "without" the MuPDF engine. It cannot render PDFs with nonembedded Japanese fonts and newer version of PDF "with" the MuPDF engine. Internal hyperlinks do not work. The fonts of traditional Chinese is not rendered well, but it maybe is the inherent problem of xpdf for traditional Chinese fonts. It is just version "Beta 0.5" and is potential to be a simple, fast, and nice PDF reader. Last edited by segatang; 03-07-2007 at 12:06 AM.

03-09-2007, 11:01 AM	#3
JAcheson Tech Writer Posts: 211 Karma: 1745785 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA Device: Palm TX, Nook Color, Nook Simple Touch, Vizio Tablet, Nexus 10	How does it print? I was using Foxit for a while, but when I tried printing PDFs from it, it produced really lousy results. I went back to Adobe Reader, reluctantly.

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