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bonsaiguy
Can anyone tell me why my fonts get jagged edges when I send file as a html
email or print to pdf?
email or print to pdf?
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]
what fonts?
do they print jaggy or you just talking about screen display?
do they print jaggy or you just talking about screen display?
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bonsaiguy
They print fine, but since I will mainly be using this to send emails or pdf
attachments I need it to look good on screen.
attachments I need it to look good on screen.
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]
Which Font?
Are you using a web-safe font?...probably not.
Are you using Clear Type fonts?
Have you optimized your machine for Clear Type?
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/step1.aspx
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
Are you using a web-safe font?...probably not.
Are you using Clear Type fonts?
Have you optimized your machine for Clear Type?
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/step1.aspx
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
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bonsaiguy
It is Occidental and Vivaldi. I thought it might solve the problem by saving
it as apicture, but even after that in a high DPI it still looks jagged. It
does print fine though, but I would like to know what I am doing wrong for
future use when I want to send an HTML email.
it as apicture, but even after that in a high DPI it still looks jagged. It
does print fine though, but I would like to know what I am doing wrong for
future use when I want to send an HTML email.
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]
neither of those are web safe.
Vivaldi is a nice font but a pain to work with.
How are you making it into an image?
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
Vivaldi is a nice font but a pain to work with.
How are you making it into an image?
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
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bonsaiguy
I am making it into an image by right clicking on the image and then hitting
'save as picture' which saves it as a jpeg.
What does it mean that it is not 'web safe?'
I downloaded the publish as a PDF addin, and that seems to help if I use the
'high quality print' setting under publish option on the print screen, but if
I use the commercial press setting, then I get the bit mappy look on those
fonts.
Any suggestions?
'save as picture' which saves it as a jpeg.
What does it mean that it is not 'web safe?'
I downloaded the publish as a PDF addin, and that seems to help if I use the
'high quality print' setting under publish option on the print screen, but if
I use the commercial press setting, then I get the bit mappy look on those
fonts.
Any suggestions?
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]
The following fonts are web safe:
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
If you use a font that is not web safe and the user does not have the
particular font (like Vivaldi - most wont) installed on their own machine,
then the font will default to default fonts that you can specify (but not in
Publisher). For titles or limited text you can convert to an image like you
have, but you don't want to do this for everything since search engines cant
read or index text that has been converted to images (this will hurt your
seo rating).
Some versions of Publisher may convert your text to images if they're not
web safe...this can also happen to ordinary text that is web safe if your
text boxes overlap....so run Design Checker before you publish your web
site.
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
If you use a font that is not web safe and the user does not have the
particular font (like Vivaldi - most wont) installed on their own machine,
then the font will default to default fonts that you can specify (but not in
Publisher). For titles or limited text you can convert to an image like you
have, but you don't want to do this for everything since search engines cant
read or index text that has been converted to images (this will hurt your
seo rating).
Some versions of Publisher may convert your text to images if they're not
web safe...this can also happen to ordinary text that is web safe if your
text boxes overlap....so run Design Checker before you publish your web
site.
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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
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walkokd2
I am having the same problem, and found this post in my search for a
resolution. HOWEVER, I AM using web safe fonts, my entire publisher document
is done in Arial, then I do a file>send email>send this page as a message and
on the receiving end the fonts look jaggedy, especially those that have been
bolded. I also save the file as html and post it to our site's server so
that people can see an online version of our newsletter and it looks jaggedy
there as well. Please advise, as I have not found any resolutions yet.
Thank you so much for your time,
Kate
resolution. HOWEVER, I AM using web safe fonts, my entire publisher document
is done in Arial, then I do a file>send email>send this page as a message and
on the receiving end the fonts look jaggedy, especially those that have been
bolded. I also save the file as html and post it to our site's server so
that people can see an online version of our newsletter and it looks jaggedy
there as well. Please advise, as I have not found any resolutions yet.
Thank you so much for your time,
Kate
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Mary Sauer
What version Publisher are you using? There has been some issues with Arial
after the Service Pack 3 in Publisher 2003. I don't know if this will help or
not.
This was posted on a forum:
Ran into a odd problem after installing SP3 here at work.
I was working on the new website design for the schools and the district, and
noticed ALL the pages that had Arial Black fonts had become Arial Black
Italized!!
It all has to do with MS putting out a new Arial Black version (2.40) with SP3.
Luckily, the fix for this is easy.
Create a restore point (not 100% necessary, but never hurts either)
Go to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder and delete the Arial Black file. (ariblk.ttf ver.
2.40)
Now go to C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ and find ariblk.ttf (ver 2.35)
copy it and paste it into the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
You should now have a normal Arial Black, and the italized button will work when
you want it to!
after the Service Pack 3 in Publisher 2003. I don't know if this will help or
not.
This was posted on a forum:
Ran into a odd problem after installing SP3 here at work.
I was working on the new website design for the schools and the district, and
noticed ALL the pages that had Arial Black fonts had become Arial Black
Italized!!
It all has to do with MS putting out a new Arial Black version (2.40) with SP3.
Luckily, the fix for this is easy.
Create a restore point (not 100% necessary, but never hurts either)
Go to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder and delete the Arial Black file. (ariblk.ttf ver.
2.40)
Now go to C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ and find ariblk.ttf (ver 2.35)
copy it and paste it into the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
You should now have a normal Arial Black, and the italized button will work when
you want it to!
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walkokd2
Thank you Mary for your reply, however, that did not resolve my issue. I
tried it even though I am not using Arial Black, just Arial, and there was no
impact on the outcome of my fonts once they are sent via email. I am
contemplating a $50 support call, do you think there are any downloads I
should try before I do this? I have hesitated to use Service Pack updates
because I do not want my system to be updated to the 2007 version. I am
currently running Publisher 2003, I couldn't find an edition number, but I
did see this number 11.8166.8172, but I doubt that is much help to you.
Thanks again for your time,
Kate
tried it even though I am not using Arial Black, just Arial, and there was no
impact on the outcome of my fonts once they are sent via email. I am
contemplating a $50 support call, do you think there are any downloads I
should try before I do this? I have hesitated to use Service Pack updates
because I do not want my system to be updated to the 2007 version. I am
currently running Publisher 2003, I couldn't find an edition number, but I
did see this number 11.8166.8172, but I doubt that is much help to you.
Thanks again for your time,
Kate
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Ed Bennett
walkokd2 said:I am having the same problem, and found this post in my search for a
resolution. HOWEVER, I AM using web safe fonts, my entire publisher document
is done in Arial, then I do a file>send email>send this page as a message and
on the receiving end the fonts look jaggedy, especially those that have been
bolded. I also save the file as html and post it to our site's server so
that people can see an online version of our newsletter and it looks jaggedy
there as well.
Have you checked the document through for overlapping objects? Sounds to
me like the text is still being converted to an image for some reason,
probably because a text box is encroached by another object.
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DavidF
There are other occasions when Publisher will convert text into an image and
you end up with the 'jaggies'.
One to check: go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck 'Send entire
publication page as a single JPG image...'.
Also reference: Tips and troubleshooting for sending a publication page as
an e-mail message (2003):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP010390591033.aspx?pid=CH062524821033
DavidF
you end up with the 'jaggies'.
One to check: go to Tools > Options > Web tab and uncheck 'Send entire
publication page as a single JPG image...'.
Also reference: Tips and troubleshooting for sending a publication page as
an e-mail message (2003):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP010390591033.aspx?pid=CH062524821033
DavidF
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walkokd2
I do not know if you meant that there is a 'button' that 'checks' for
overlapping objects or if that is my own issue to check for. I the tools,
options, web, my check box for 'send as an entire jpg' was and still is un
checked, so that's not the issue. But I do have a number of colored shapes
on the page that I feel may be causing this issue in light of what you have
said, let me know what I should do.
p.s. my colored shapes are SHAPES my text boxes are NOT colored. thanks.
kate
overlapping objects or if that is my own issue to check for. I the tools,
options, web, my check box for 'send as an entire jpg' was and still is un
checked, so that's not the issue. But I do have a number of colored shapes
on the page that I feel may be causing this issue in light of what you have
said, let me know what I should do.
p.s. my colored shapes are SHAPES my text boxes are NOT colored. thanks.
kate
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walkokd2
Hi all! I got the issue fixed! I used my msdn subscription to call support
and the problem actually was solved by two things:
1. Updating Publisher to 2007
2. **Updating OUTLOOK to 2007**
When sending the page as an email message with publisher 2007 the issue was
NOT resolved until I also updated my Outlook to 2007. It seems that when the
message went through Outlook, it was still creating it as an entire image (as
the above stated, a result of overlapping layers). But even when the
overlapping layers were fixed in publisher 2007 it was still coming out
grainy due to the old outlook version.
All in all, if anyone else has this issue, I suggest updating both programs
and that should solve the problem (as well as the overlapping text and
shapes). Thanks to all of you for your help!
kate
and the problem actually was solved by two things:
1. Updating Publisher to 2007
2. **Updating OUTLOOK to 2007**
When sending the page as an email message with publisher 2007 the issue was
NOT resolved until I also updated my Outlook to 2007. It seems that when the
message went through Outlook, it was still creating it as an entire image (as
the above stated, a result of overlapping layers). But even when the
overlapping layers were fixed in publisher 2007 it was still coming out
grainy due to the old outlook version.
All in all, if anyone else has this issue, I suggest updating both programs
and that should solve the problem (as well as the overlapping text and
shapes). Thanks to all of you for your help!
kate
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