The forum discussion centers on the poor PDF formatting of APS journals, specifically regarding subscripting issues with whole words and inline equation variables. Users are questioning whether the formatting problems stem from Adobe software or the LaTeX to PDF conversion process. One user reports no issues after printing multiple papers from the latest issues of Physical Review Letters (PRL) and Physical Review B (PRB), indicating that the problem may not be widespread.
PREREQUISITESResearchers, academic authors, and publishers who are dealing with PDF formatting issues in scientific journals, particularly those using LaTeX for document preparation.
nbo10 said:Has anyone else noticed bad formating in pdf files of APS journals? Whole words are subscripts and inline equations variables are subscripts. It's become very hard to follow papers. Is this a problem with adobe or the LaTex to pdf process?