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Topic: Do THIN lines display properly now?
Conf: (P-PDF) Acrobat 7, Msg: 122507
From: biznotch
Date: 11/20/2004 05:14 AM

Well, in Acrobat 6, I always have "Smooth Line Art" on, otherwise all vector art looks jagged and awful.


As for the zoom level, I have seen the thin line problem at most zoom levels. Although, as you get closer(over 400x), the lines start to appear in their different stroke thicknesses. At 100%, all lines below 1pt appear to have the same stroke... This doesn't happen in InDesign or Illustrator.

My real problem is when I send documents to clients that have thin, elegant lines in the graphics. They appear instantly chunky because Acrobat can't render the thin lines well and that makes the design look poor. If InDesign and Illustrator can accurately render these thin lines at 100% zoom, why can't Acrobat?

In any event, it would be great to know if 7.0 still had this issue. My guess is that it does, but I can always hope...

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