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    Foxit reader can't read italics !!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by planet_vikram, Jan 23, 2008.

  1. planet_vikram

    planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist

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    I discovered some problem with Foxit reader today :(

    I have certain pdf files which have some text in italics. Foxit reader reads, displays, and prints the text as normal text.

    I found this when I printed some of my conference papers which had text in italics.

    I just freaked out to find all my italicization lost :eek: !!

    This would be fine for most of the people who use Foxit just for reading the pdf's.

    This post is just to make people aware of this fact so that they don't freak out the way I did.

    View the test file attached with both : Adobe Acrobat Reader and Foxit Reader to notice the difference
     

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    planet_vikram, Jan 23, 2008
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  2. danny2001

    danny2001 Notebook Consultant

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    Foxit Reader 2.0 Build 1516 on Windows XP Home SP2 Displays and prints the italics without a problem.
     
    danny2001, Jan 23, 2008
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  3. dlcartin

    dlcartin Notebook Guru

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    Foxit Reader 2.2 Build 2129 on Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit. Same problem Foxit reader displays, and prints the text as normal text.
     
    dlcartin, Jan 23, 2008
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  4. TravisA

    TravisA Notebook Geek

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    I have Version 2.2 Build 2129 on Windows XP Home SP2 and the test.pdf shows no italics. It must be a new version bug. It will probably be addressed in the next build. Yeah, that would have freaked me out also, but I couldn't complain because it is free and I do only use it to read documents. :)
     
    TravisA, Jan 23, 2008
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  5. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Are the 3 posts above me from the same person, because the signatures are basically the same??
     

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  6. dlcartin

    dlcartin Notebook Guru

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    No, 3 different people. We just work for the same company :) . I think everyone in our office uses Foxit :D
     
    dlcartin, Jan 23, 2008
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  7. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    haha ok. No harm intended, I was just curious :D
     
    crash, Jan 23, 2008
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  8. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    What's up with that? The text is regular. But i don't have adobe reader to compare it with. :D
     
    Gintoki, Jan 23, 2008
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  9. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    does Foxit Reader commercial (paid) version print italics?



    btw guys....How to attach PDF in threads ???
     
    Nocturnal310, Jan 24, 2008
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  10. planet_vikram

    planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist

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    1) Don't know.....No money to buy it :)

    2) PM'ed u abt this
     
    planet_vikram, Jan 24, 2008
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  11. blaaze

    blaaze Notebook Consultant

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    umm real quick... shouldnt the title say Foxit reader can 't read italics? i was wondering why some one would be so excited that foxit can read italics... tehehe
     
    blaaze, Jan 24, 2008
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  12. planet_vikram

    planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist

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    The title of the thread already is.....some smart chap changed it in the reply :)
     
    planet_vikram, Jan 24, 2008
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