[wellylug] TradeMe Linux jobs

Atom Smasher atom at smasher.org
Sun Jun 29 20:01:31 NZST 2008


On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Cliff Pratt wrote:

> There's no way of making a document look the same on varied machines 
> running varied OSes and varied apps. Even if you embed all the various 
> esoteric fonts that you are impelled to use, which bloats the size of 
> the PDF, they will still look different.
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other than an image format (even then, don't count on the colors being the 
same on someone elses screen) PDF is as good as it gets, and plenty good 
enough for anything i've used it for. the fact that some print-shops 
request work in PDF format tells me that it can be rendered the same on 
different machines (if you ever want to get laughed at, bring a DOC file 
to a print-shop).


> Trying to restrict the user to just those fonts and exactly the layout 
> that you designed into it is, IMO, arrogant and inflexible.
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restrict the user? if i'm sending them a PDF that implies that i'm the 
author; they're the audience. PDF is meant as an electronic substitute for 
paper, not a format for collaborative works.

oh-well... feel free to call me arrogant... do i even want to know what 
you'd call me if i told you that after the printer gets my work (lately in 
CMYK-TIF), they run it on a press and then it gets printed on paper? oh 
no!! what are people supposed to do then, if they don't like my fonts or 
formatting???


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