RE: [Swftools-common] PDF2SWF: Fonts seem bolder in latest version

[Tony Stallan]

Hi Matthias,

Thanks for the quick reply and the workaround

The problem also happens in a black on white scenario, in fact that's where I 
first noticed it.

You can see an example at

http://www.clearviewis.com/fonts2.jpg

The text from the earlier version seems less harsh which looks better when 
viewing a whole page.

However, when comparing the SWF from the latest version with the original PDF 
at the same visible size the text looks exactly the same so well done on 
performing a exact match ;-)

Also in my tests the latest version is a bit faster, the file sizes are very 
similar and the conversion does seem to produce a more accurate conversion so 
again well done.

Regards

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Matthias Kramm
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:27 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Swftools-common] PDF2SWF: Fonts seem bolder in latest version

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 05:35:17PM -0400, Tony Stallan <address@hidden> wrote:
> I was just running a comparison of the latest windows build (Jun 10) 
> against an older version that I am currently using (Aug 09)
> 
> One of the most obvious difference I can see is that the fonts seem 
> bolder in the latest version.

Right now whether FlashType (i.e., Flash 8+9 font rendering) or the older Flash 
font renderer is to be used is determined by a compile-time flag .

I guess I can make this a command line parameter if you really prefer the 
non-FlashType fonts.
(They *do* look weird white-on-black like in your screenshot- I like  them 
better in the black-on-white scenario, though)

A workaround in the meantime is converting the file targeting Flash 7 and then 
adjusting the version to 9:
    pdf2swf -T7 file.pdf -o file.swf
    swfcombine -d --flashversion 9 file.swf -o file.swf

Matthias