Strange resizing/resampling once exported to PDF

Hi all,
I have got some basic text in illustrator CS3 that I have saved as a PDF. I've created outlines and broken apart the text.
Now when I open the exported PDF in Illustrator at some sizes I get some really weird differences in height and widths of some of the letters.
Like viewing at 125% I see some of my letters are clearly bigger than some of the others even though they were all set to the same height/weight etc.
Just wondering if that is anything to worry about, as when I view the PDF at 100% its okay?
Heres what I have
go above 150% its always good.
150% is good
125% some letters are bigger
100% is good
79% some letters are bigger
go below 79% some letters are always bigger
Any help would be great

My observations
1. This again certainly looks like the issue that cirrus7889 mentioned in the post. Removing the "Enhance thin line" option fixes the problem
2. Issue seems to be with Acrobat than Illustrator and should be reported to Acrobat follow this link: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?event=processform&name=wishform
Sugesstions
Try not to outline font before sending it to clients rather embed subset before saving to PDF from AI

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