Comments on: Foxit Reader: Close, oh so close http://walt.lishost.org/2006/06/foxit-reader-close-oh-so-close/ The library voice of the radical middle. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2006/06/foxit-reader-close-oh-so-close/comment-page-1/#comment-18498 walt Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:45:15 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=323#comment-18498 Foxit has changed since that message. The newer version tests out “close enough for jazz” on my sample documents. I haven’t written anything up because I haven’t done comprehensive tests–but, at least on the samples I’ve done, I don’t believe most people would notice the slightly coarser feel of the type. It’s MUCH better.

On the other hand, Reader 7 is fast enough that I don’t feel the need to switch…(at work I still can’t upgrade to 7, but that problem should go away in a week). Reader 7 appears to be much leaner and cleaner than 6…

]]> By: Harm ten Napel http://walt.lishost.org/2006/06/foxit-reader-close-oh-so-close/comment-page-1/#comment-18490 Harm ten Napel Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:17:09 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=323#comment-18490 Hi Walt,

right on target! I downloaded and installed this high hyped
pdf reader Foxit reader and noticed within minutes it messed
up embedded fonts and that’s what the P in PDF all stands
for: portable. You just have to consider at Adobe they know
a few things about typfonts, you just won’t get functionality
in about 1.5 Mbyte of code like that, but this may be a reminder
to Adobe to make their reader a bit more lean,

greetings,

Harm

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