Re: [TCLUG:14011] [rant] pdf on the web

[Christopher Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Jacqueline Urick wrote:

> Yup I think you're wrong. Usually documents like manuals are layed out
> in Illustrator, Pagemaker, Quark, etc. Since Companies are generally big
> on image, they want all their documentation to look good too. It's easy
> to create a .pdf from any of the above programs. That way the document
> design integrity remains standard to people who don't have those
> programs. I think its a great idea. Designers tend to get pretty zealous
> about people messing with their design.

Yep.

> I'll agree that this particular .pdf is *crappy* and hard to read,
> someone didn't change their fonts to outlines before exporting to
> .pdf..tsk tsk!

Yep.

> I don't think they should have .pdf only, tho. They should have some
> basic text or html documentation too. I mean, hello, copy-paste!

Yep.

:)

So, this document is not PDF's, per se, fault, and I stand by PDF as being
appropriate, when used properly, for some things.


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