Creating PDFs for viewing on screen

Hi guys,
I have had a problem recently when I have created PDFs from InDesign. I have outlined the text, and created the PDF. It previews fine on my Mac, but when I send it to a client who is using a PC they notice that certain letters (eg. 'l') appear bold. This is not in the original file. I have had this problem with Illustrator aswell. One work round that I notice was that instead of outputting at 72dpi (Mac screen resolution), I have outputted at 96dpi (PC screen resolution). However, this increases the file size.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks

Outlining the fonts is your problem. The text loses it's hinting, which is the "artificial intelligence" built into fonts, without hinting the information will grow by pixel depending on where it falls on the grid - making it as simple as I can, that's why it looks bolder and it is actually bolder.
Don't outline your fonts, it makes the file size larger for one thing.
When you make a PDF, File>EXPORT> from InDesign you can choose a Subset of fonts. A subset is usually 100%, which will only embed the glyphs used within the document. If you set this to 0% it will embed all the glyphs within the font into the document whether you used it or not. This can increase the final size of the pdf too (just the 0% option). But leaving the text as text without outlining will significantly reduce your file size.
As already said the font will be embeded in the PDF so your client will be able to view the PDF without any problems, any print vendor worth their salt should be able to handle a PDF with embedded fonts.
But the font appears bolder because it actually is bolder when outlined. And some characters can lose their natural shape as a result of outlining.
It is perfectly fine to outline fonts if you have no other choice, licence restirctions sometimes don't allow fonts to embedded, for example. Other occasions would be the instance of creativity with a piece of text where you want to elongate a tail of a letter or something for artistic purposes.
But for genreal text, there is no need to outline.

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