Adobe & APS Journals: Poor PDF Formatting?

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There are reports of formatting issues in PDF files of APS journals, where entire words and inline equation variables appear as subscripts, making it difficult to read the papers. The source of the problem is questioned, with speculation about whether it is related to Adobe software or the LaTeX to PDF conversion process. However, some users have not experienced these issues, indicating that the problem may not be widespread.
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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?
 
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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?

I have seen no such problems, and I printed 5 different papers from the latest issues of PRL+PRB just today.

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