Torben AEgidius Mogensen wrote:
> It could just be a bug in the converter. I was thinkig it might be
> caused by point-size differences (a PostScript point is 1/72", where a
> traditional American point is 1/72.27"), but since PDF definitely uses
> PostScript points (which are the bigger of the two), I can't see how a
> translation would make the text area shrink. There might be rounding
> errors in the conversion from Word to PostScript units, but these
> would have to be fairly large to be visible.
It is true that a point is not a point but in this case I don't think it
matters as most systems use Adobe Points through out now (of course I
suggest you want a Monotype Points and fount is spelt with a u) ;)
Microsoft, Adobe, and Apple use different algorithms for laying out and
rendering text. This can produced noticeable difference in the way that
a page is actually ripped. This is why a lot of professional print
people use MacOS as Apple's layouts tend to be closer to the way that
the page will look on paper. Microsoft tends to make the text look
clearer on the screen but this can change the layout in very minor ways
but the printed page tends not to look the same. Acrobat will display it
as the PDF Rip should rip it for the printer, which can be different
again but at least Adobe Rip's and Acrobat should be in sync. If your
printer is using a non-Adobe Rip you can see difference again but these
tend to be very marginal thickness changes in lines at some angles (and
it can be argued which Rip supplier is correct).
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