Fop 0.19 problems with small files?

Hello!
I have a problem with fop 0.19 serializer: when I try to generate
pdf files smaller then cca. 10kB, IE does not open Acrobat
Reader, and sometimes even freezes. With larger files, it works
OK.
My configuration:
Tomcat 3.2
XDK 9.0.2.0b
fop 0.19
Thanks in advance!
Vedran

Hi Eric/Steve,
I have downloaded the Xml development kit for Java (9.0.2.0.0C
beta) and created a new xsql RTF-serializer class according to
the XSQLSampleSerializer included in the xsqlserializer.jar file.
I also included Eric's CustFOP-serializer.
I can compile my new class with JDeveloper but when i recreate
the xsqlserializer.jar and try to use this jar-file with the
xsql servlet i get an error.
The error is "XSQL-022: cannot load serializer class
oracle.xml.xsql.serializers.XSQLxxxSerializer", with xxx my own
serializer, but also when i use the original FOP-serializer.
So i think the jar-file is not correct.
Can anyone tell me how to recreate the xsqlserializer.jar or
tell me what else i have done wrong?
(I also posted this question in the JDeveloper-forum)

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    I have checked the attributes of the fonts: Garamond is Open Type Postscript, Helvetica is PostScript Type 1 , and Times New Roman is TrueType.
    Any comments most appreciated.

    Thanks for the hints. I tried Scott's method and it works with a bit of extra adjustment. The settings I obtained for 12 point Helvetica were:
    Horizontal and vertical scaling: 70.5%;
    Stroke: 0.1 pt
    Tracking: +25 em
    Baseline shift: +0.1 pt
    The steps to obtain small-caps 12 pt Helvetica are:
    Step 1: Type text as normal.
    Step 2: Select only the lower-case text you want to convert to small caps. i.e if what is to become small caps already has a capital (such as a place name) do not apply the settings to the capitals, unless that's the effect you want.
    Step 3: Apply the above settings manually or via or Character Style.
    Problem 1: How do I rid my Character Style of the font size so that only the scaling factors remain? As it is, if I want to apply small-caps to a different font size than the one I have set up, I have to manually change the font size after applying the style.
    Problem 2: The scaling factors do not appear to work for changes in font size. When I used 24 pt and applied the above settings, the small-caps were too thin. The method only really works for a particular size, which in reality is all you would normally require.

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