PDF simple vectors look OK in Preview, distorted in Adobe Reader?

I am working on a document in Illustrator CS5 on Mac OS 10.5.8. The doc is meant to be viewed primarily through e-mail, possibly printed to a desktop printer.
I am replacing certain letterforms with vector objects – basically, I'm using simple rectangles to substitute for "I"s with unwanted serifs, in a small amount of headline text. When I Save As PDF, the resultant document looks great in Preview, but when viewed in Adobe Reader 10 (most likely what this will be viewed on at the receiving end), those uniform copy-pasted rectangles display ugly variations in height, width and alignment with the rest of the text. I have no idea why this is happening.
Further possibly relevant info: I have converted the rest of this headline text to outlines so as to apply an "Offset Path". The other text all stays very visually consistent between .ai and .pdf formats. It is only these makeshift "I"s that are distorted.
Please advise!

Make at least one extra anchor point in each of those rectangles.

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