RE: Nielsen frags PDF with misinformative Alertbox... AGAIN!

Subject: RE: Nielsen frags PDF with misinformative Alertbox... AGAIN!
From: Michael West <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:51:56 +1000



> > http://www.tp4.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/SoftwareDocs/pdfsc/manual-screen.pdf
> >
>
> Very pretty to look at, but hard to read. Putting text in graphic
> format is a classic PDF error that punishes the user unnecessarily.
> Isn't there a way to create the exact same design, but with text that
> the user can resize for easy viewing?

Doesn't the Zoom tool do that ?
Of course if you want to resize *only*
the text, then it wouldn't be "exactly"
the same design -- so if that's what you
mean, the answer would be -- no, that's
illogical and impossible.

Putting text in graphic format, by the way,
is fundamental to the PDF model. It is the
only known way of ensuring visual integrity
across platforms, which is the PDF's reason for
existing.

--
Mike West
Melbourne, Australia



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