PDF Publishing - Characters with cedilla

[Giordano]

Hi,
my client is having problems in PDF publishing of characters with cedilla (Romanian language).
The characters with cedilla appear misaligned from the other characters in the row.
The problem occurs only in the titles.
I have done several tests by changing the font or embedded fonts but the problem remains.

In the PDF document, the characters with cedilla do not appear to be text but have been converted to paths.
Has anyone had the same problem?
Thanks

[Tim Green]

Hi Giordano,

Try the following:

• Just to be sure, check that your language settings are correct in Config > Common > Language. Charset should be Eastern European.
• Check your reference printer driver in View > Program Options > >PDF. Full instructions further below.
• Go to Config > PDF > Font Embedding and change the embedding first to CID and if that doesn't work to Type3. CID will give you better resolution at higher zoom levels, but Type3 gives you maximum compatibility for all character sets.

HM uses a printer driver to generate PDFs (remember that a PDF is really just raw printer data in a file, and a PDF viewer is basically a printer that prints to the screen instead of to paper). You can access the reference printer driver settings in View > Program Options > PDF. By default, HM will use the screen device driver, but you can often get better results by using a real printer driver. By the same token, some printer drivers can also cause problems, particularly optimized drivers from printer manufacturers. It is generally better to use one of the standard drivers supplied with Windows.

If the driver of your own installed printer doesn't work well you can activate and select one of the known good standard drivers included with Windows. You don't have to actually have the physical printer. Just add the driver with Add Printer in the printer section of the Windows Control Panel and then select it as your reference driver in Help & Manual. The standard Windows Brother HL-2040 and HL-2060 drivers deliver good results, and standard LaserJets and DeskJets are usually also OK. You can also use the Microsoft XPS Document Writer driver, which is always installed in all current Windows versions. However, this driver has the restriction that it can't be set to the higher output resolutions supported by more recent printer drivers.

Windows 10 and above no longer provide direct access to the list of standard drivers. To access it you must do this:

• Select Add Printer, then click on "The printer I want isn't listed"
• Next: Select "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings"
• Next: Accept the suggested port (this is irrelevant)
• Next: Click on "Windows Update" and wait a couple of minutes for the list to display

The last step can really take a few minutes. Go and make a cup of coffee...

​After this you will be able to select a driver from the list.​

Important Notes:

DON'T use "PDF printer drivers" like Adobe Distiller for this! This will not work properly and is actually counter-productive.

The output resolution and default paper size are set in the settings for the printer driver in the Windows Control Panel. The default page size set for the printer driver must be at least as large as the page size you have set in your print manual template. If it is smaller you will get clipping in your PDF pages.

[Giordano]

Hi Tim,
thanks a lot.