Save file as vector?

[Coleen]

Thanks. Maybe she can find a different sign company. Sigh.

[mwenz]

Ask them what they use to open your file with. Also, feel free to upload the pdf you made and I can check it. Might save the hassle of looking for another company.

[Coleen]

Thank you! Here's the .pdf. KarolynsLogo.pdf

[gwpriester]

so even if I have to re-draw it again that is fine

That is what I would do. You can use heavy lines and add Stroke Shapes then when you are done, convert your lines to shape and then select all the converted lines and Arrange > Combine Shapes > Add Shapes to give you a single image.

[mwenz]

GP, are we looking at a different XAR file? The car and swoosh are vector.

I won't be able to look at the PDF for 20 minutes or so.

[mwenz]

Your PDF is indeed containing bitmap elements. I have no idea what PDF preset you used.

Try the settings below. Also, I have attached the PDF I created.

Mike

[gwpriester]

Mike - I just created a PDF/X from the Xara file. Not sure what PDF setting would have exported the car drawing as bitmap. In my test file the car exported as a vector object. And not sure why bu my PDF is considerable smaller in file size.

[mwenz]

Likely two things. One, I converted the text to curves when I generated the PDF. Two, probably the largest increase comes from my PDF having ICC tagged content.

[hseiken]

Rendering of vectors varies from program to program. Even though it's technically smooth as can be, rendering is everything.