Text looks thinner in PDF after export

**XByrne** · 23 April 2021, 12:56 PM

Working away on a document in Designer Pro+, I export it to PDF, open the PDF and: the text is definitely thinner.

I noticed this before in Designer Pro X, and so used other programs for exporting to PDF instead.

I've tried all kinds of export settings, with no luck, to make it look 'normally thicker'.

Any way around that?

Seamus

**Rob-Xar** · 23 April 2021, 01:30 PM

Hi there,

Can you send me the XAR file and PDF that you are seeing this issue with through our support to take a look?

https://www.xara.com/contact-us/

Thanks
Rob

**rsrsrs** · 23 April 2021, 01:38 PM

If you use Adobe Reader there is an option in the Reader,
sorry only German

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settings > Page view > Rendering ....

that made me crazy, some time ago.
now i use SumatraPDF reader.

--> oh i just see, its the problem the other way around. sorry.

**XByrne** · 23 April 2021, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by Rob-Xar

Hi there,

Can you send me the XAR file and PDF that you are seeing this issue with through our support to take a look?

Hi Rob,

Attached are the original Xar file and the exported PDF.
Text in the PDF is thinner than in the Xar file.

Same text in 2 other DTPs exports thicker in their PDFs (but looks equally thick as in the programs).

Seamus

**Acorn** · 23 April 2021, 02:09 PM

Seamus, I took both files and compared from a browser & PDF editor against the design page.
I compared the Preview of the design again against web and PDF editor.
Finally, I downloaded from the Preview PDF link and did the same with that PDF.

All viewed the same at scale.

Acorn

**rsrsrs** · 23 April 2021, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Acorn

Seamus, I took both files and compared from a browser & PDF editor against the design page.
I compared the Preview of the design again against web and PDF editor.
Finally, I downloaded from the Preview PDF link and did the same with that PDF.

All viewed the same at scale.

Acorn

also here, all 3 look the same.

**XByrne** · 23 April 2021, 02:44 PM

@Acorn
@rsrsrs

Many thanks for looking into this (literally!). Must be an Adobe PDF thing (though 'Enhance thin lines' is ticked in Preferences).
And I took your cue and checked in Edge Browser (hadn't thought of that). The PDF looks perfectly the same as in the Xar file.

That's great, I can work away confidently.

False alarm!