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EDIT: Ok, well, it doesn't appear to be an eink problem, as I just created a PDF using Times New Roman from a docx file (I can't remember if I wrote the doc in Word 2007 or 2010 though) and downloaded it to my Kindle, and it displayed just fine. I don't understand how that could be an Edge problem, but apparently, it is. very strange, it seems to me. Don't have my Edge yet to try it on, so I can't comment on that. Last edited by jsfiller; 10-22-2010 at 01:59 AM. |
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PDFs can use native fonts or embedded fonts, so perhaps the eDGe is missing or mismapping some fonts. You can contact Tech Support for some feedback on this problem. Meanwhile, you can also try generating the PDF, specifying "embed fonts", which is supposed to copy the font into the PDF so that it renders faithfully on the client screen. |
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Starting with a Word Document containing several pages of text in Times New Roman font I ran the following tests and opened each of the PDF files on the eDGe: MS Office saving directly to PD results in the totally lame, krappy PDF display on the eDGe. MS Office using a PDF printer to print to a PDF file works fine on the eDGe. Open Office on Windows saving directly to a PDF file works fine on the eDGe. Open Office on Linux saving directly to a PDF file works fine on the eDGe. Open Office on Windows using a PDF Printer to print to a PDF file works fine on the eDGe. Open Office on Linux outputting a PS file, converting to PDF with ps2pdf utility works fine on the eDGe. The smallest files are the ones from MS Office saving to PDF and from the PDF Printer (all about 7K). All the other files check in at roughly 25K. The smaller files do not embed the font. The references I can find in these smaller PDF files describing the font and encoding show the Microsoft PDF file uses: . . . /BaseFont/Times#20New#20Roman/Encoding/WinAnsiEncoding . . . and the PDF Printer files use: . . . /BaseFont/Times-Roman/Type/Font/Encoding 13 0 R/Subtype/Type1. . . It seems to me the PDF printers output standard font names and the MS version of PDF is intended for use on Windows-centric systems. So the edge's minimal, embedded Adobe PDF reader displays the MS PDF ugly. Another lesson in avoiding special features in Microsoft Office. Last edited by kenjennings; 10-22-2010 at 11:42 AM. |
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The issue of fonts in PDFs has perhaps gone off topic for the thread, but it's an important issue, so I've started a new thread that summarizes and continues the discussion here: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-good-results).
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