Why does my Adobe Reader render PDFs so poorly?

Question

I'm using Adobe Reader 9.4.3 on Windows 7. Everything is pretty much as is out of the box. I have not done anything special with fonts or smoothing. In Linux and even Windows/Chrome things look like this:

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In Adobe/Windows they look like this:

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score 16 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '12 at 13:21

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Go to Edit>Preferences>Page Display>Rendering>, from the smooth text drop-down option choose "For laptop/LCD screens". Your problem must be solved.

answered May 09 '12 at 13:21

Swaps

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '15 at 03:37

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Font smoothing must be off. Goto Edit > Prefrences > Smooth Text > Select a smoothing method

Just did it, my works fine now

answered Aug 21 '15 at 03:37

Mrinal Mani

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '12 at 22:17

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you should update to the current version of adobe reader for windows 7, which is version 10.1.2.

answered Feb 12 '12 at 22:17

obsd

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 09 '21 at 11:24

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I observed a similar problem in rendering when opening a second pdf document while the first showed sharp fonts. Try to turn off 'Use 2D graphics acceleration on Edit>Page Display>Rendering. For me it worked.

answered Jun 09 '21 at 11:24

ALEKSANDER REČNIK

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Why does my Adobe Reader render PDFs so poorly?

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