Reader 9: Smaller Fonts Are Illegible

Ever since "upgrading" to Reader 9, I find the text in smaller fonts to be nearly illegible at full screen mode, and that I must enlarge the image to at least 300x in order to read those fonts. Has anyone experienced this problem and, if so, have you been able to correct it? (I use two 19" diagonal HD monitors, and the problem is the same on both screens. Reader 8 had no such issues. The text with which I have the greatest problem is that published by Investor's Business Daily).

I can say with 100% certainty that since Reader X is now the latest release, there will be no more "fixes" for reader 9.

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Hi!
Recently i switched to Arch 64-bit and everything seems fine but the fonts at some places.
This is what they look like:
This is my .fonts.conf:
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
<match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba">
<const>rgb</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>
I have installed ttf-ms-fonts, ttf-dejavu, ttf-liberation and ttf-tahoma.

If I zoom out a bit in Firefox I get which isn't perfect but is quite readable. The interesting thing is that I don't have the nasty looking serif font in the text box. Is one of us missing an installed font?
My /etc/fonts/local.conf
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>


<match target="pattern">
<test name="family" target="default" compare="eq">
<string>Trebuchet</string>
</test>
<edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
<string>Trebuchet MS</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test name="family" qual="any">
<string>Trebuchet</string>
</test>
<edit mode="assign" name="family">
<string>Trebuchet MS</string>
</edit>
</match>


<match target="pattern">
<test name="family" target="default" compare="eq">
<string>Arial</string>
</test>
<test name="weight" compare="more">
<const>bold</const>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
<string>Arial Black</string>
</edit>
<edit name="weight" mode="assign">
<const>bold</const>
</edit>
</match>


<match target="font">
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign">
<const>lcdnone</const>
</edit>
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>



<match target="font">
<test name="scalable" compare="eq">
<bool>false</bool>
</test>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintnone</const>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<test name="weight" compare="more">
<const>medium</const>
</test>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintnone</const>
</edit>
</match>

<match target="font">
<test name="slant" compare="not_eq">
<double>0</double>
</test>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintnone</const>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>

Why does Apple support print those "Hello" booklets that came with my new iMac in super small fonts?

Yesterday I purchased the latest available 27inch iMac from my local Apple only dealer.     ( It sure beats my very first Mac which was an LC520. )
The included in the box printed quick start guide named "Hello" was printed using a font size very close to zero.
Who are these people at Apple support that can read such small fonts with using 20X powered magnifying lenses
Are they somewhat...
What a waste of mony Apple!

I think it's a point worth making. It is virtually unreadable.
On reflection, I'm wondering if there is an obligation in some countries to provide such information with a device.   This could be Apple's way of complying while spending the absolute minimum.

17" Small Fonts?

So i posted earlier about whether or not to go with a 17" or 15" Macbook Pro and i am still undecided. So far i love the larger display of the 17" but i like the convenience and portability of the 15". It seems that the 17" would be a hassle to lug around seeing as i am in college from class to class, not to mention it take sup more space. But it does have an 8hr battery life with 1000 charges with is impressive, not to mention 2 graphics cards and expandable to 8 GB RAM (which i don't think i will ever need in the near future) which would be awesome for my video editing i will be doing. But i keep hearing about how everything is smaller, fonts are hard to read and ti causes an even more of an eye-strain. For anyone that knows someone who owns a 17" or has one...what should I do? is it worth it? Or should i save my money a go for a 15"? What are the pros/cons of each?

lugging a 17" around to class, to me, is going to be a pain, esp. if the desks aren't very big or tight seating previals. They are also heavier on your shoulder.
I did it with a 15" powerbook, one thing I hated with that machine. Overall wasn't too bad, as the PC people always left their machines behind
the 2.66 or faster unibody 15" will take 8gb ram too & EDU price for extra battery is $119.
screen res is up to you. I actually don't care for the high res screen myself, but check out a local reseller to see if they have one in stock. even the older high res model will do for the screen test.
http://www.apple.com/buy/
lookup a reseller via zip code.

Fonts are TOO BIG

It gripes me that when listing the podcast recordings that are in each podcast group, that the font size used by the iPhone is way too big and you cannot read very much of the description.
The phone has such great image quality that even small fonts are easy to read, and they could show much more of the description.

I have done both, doesn't fix it unfortunately
EDIT:
I just tried AGAIN and it worked... Dont understand why but its fine now. For everyone wondering:
- disable custom dpi
- close appearance
- enable again
- restart
is what worked for me.
Last edited by yorrd (2015-06-17 07:49:00)

Reader X : Wrong Fonts (was working with Reader\Pro 9 and Pro 10)

Hi all,
First : this form pdf work with adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat Pro 9\X
i did a pdf form with scribus, i embed 2 fonts : 3of9barcode and freemono bold fonts.
(compatibility PDF 1.5 (acrobat 6) )
My client update to Reader X and the problem is that the fonts are 'squares' and the barcode is text not barcode.
When i do look at the properties in reader X, it founds the embedded fonts. There is no error when opening it.
no console errors or Reader error.
If i open the document with Pro X , there is no problem, the fonts are good. i try to save a copy, an optimized copy, or a copy with limited rights,
but the result is the same, when i open the pdf with Reader X the fonts are bad.
i tried ton install the fonts on Windows but it does not help...
Do you have any clue ???

I have exactly the same problem!!!
I create and layout my forms in scribus and adjust them in Adobe 9 Pro. Setting the tab order and having the possibility to make fillable forms saveable are gorgeous. However, people who use ReaderX cannot work with these very forms anymore because there appears only squiggly squary rubbish in the fillable form fields instead of nice and clean Times Now Roman font. In Reader 9 everything worked fine. I cannot force everybody to go back to version 9, in order to be able to work wth the forms.
It's so annoying, please help.

Problem displaying small fonts

I am working with the default font in my Flex app. When the
font is set above size 8, everything looks fine and as expected.
But when I make the font size = 8, the text goes blurry and grayed
out, looking the same as if the enabled property were set to false.
If I set the Windows smooth edging option to ClearType (Control
Panel, Display properties, Appearance tab, Effects button), the
problem goes away and small font sizes look fine. This is not the
default setting in Windows, so any user would have to set this
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"advanced" at the Application level, with no luck with either. I'm
currently setting the fontWeight to bold for all size 8 text, and
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Hi Nayeem,
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Many of your points are totally legitimate.
This one, however, is not:
…To put it another way, the design of the site seems to be geared much more towards its regular users than those the site is supposedly trying to "help"…
The design and management of the forums for more than five years have driven literally dozens of the most valuable contributors and "regulars" away from the forums—permanently.
The only conclusion a prudent, reasonable person can draw from this state of affairs is that Adobe consciously and deliberately want to kill these forums by attrition—without a the PR hit they would otherwise take if they suddenly just shut them down.

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See [[Toolbars and page content appear too large after upgrading to Firefox 3]]
*Try to adjust the DPI setting, see http://kb.mozillazine.org/layout.css.dpi
*Try to set the pref layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to 2 on the about:config page.
To open the ''about:config'' page, type '''about:config''' in the location (address) bar and press the Enter key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
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NoSquint - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/2592

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Install Premiere Elements, Photoshop Elements
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The fonts are too small on my imac desktop and web browsers. Where can I increase the size?

The fonts are too small on my imac desktop and web browsers. Where can I increase the size?

babowa wrote:
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My Macbook Pro has a 17" screen and a default resolution of 1200x1900.
The fonts are so small that it is impossible to work with.
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Zoom_text_of_web_pages
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*NoSquint: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nosquint/

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I am using java 6u12.
Windows xp sp3.
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something is still causing it to have a really small font. That something is in its source.... you can't change it (though you can, by changing it and compiling it once again yourself)
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo;
* Testing JTextArea in different Lnfs
* @author talha
public class TextAreaTest extends JFrame{
    private static LookAndFeelInfo[] lnf;
    private static int total;
    private static int current=0;
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        getContentPane().add(panel,BorderLayout.CENTER);
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            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                try {
                    current=(++current) % total;
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(lnf[current].getClassName());
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                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
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        getContentPane().add(button,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        pack();
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    public static void main(String args[]){
        lnf=UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels();
        total=lnf.length;
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new TextAreaTest().setVisible(true);
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