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I’ve got an ad file that was created in Quark 6.5. Some of the text is quite small — Futura medium, 7.75 pt — and is supposed to be 100% black.
Whether I open a Quark EPS or a PDF in Photoshop, the text is showing up as less than 100% black in Photoshop. I thought it might have something to do with anti-aliasing, but even the darkest parts of the characters (zooming in at 1600%) aren’t solid black. And even when I turned off anti-aliasing (not a viable option, of course, but I was experimenting), the type isn’t 100% black. Most of it is between 60 and 80% black.
I tried changing the black point compensation setting, but it didn’t make any difference.
Is there a way to keep the darkest areas of the text solid black or should I just learn to live with this? FWIW, the publication to which I am sending the ad requests TIFFs, and the last one I sent also had the less-than-solid-black text. I’m just wondering if there’s some setting that I missed.
TIA,
Marlene
Whether I open a Quark EPS or a PDF in Photoshop, the text is showing up as less than 100% black in Photoshop. I thought it might have something to do with anti-aliasing, but even the darkest parts of the characters (zooming in at 1600%) aren’t solid black. And even when I turned off anti-aliasing (not a viable option, of course, but I was experimenting), the type isn’t 100% black. Most of it is between 60 and 80% black.
I tried changing the black point compensation setting, but it didn’t make any difference.
Is there a way to keep the darkest areas of the text solid black or should I just learn to live with this? FWIW, the publication to which I am sending the ad requests TIFFs, and the last one I sent also had the less-than-solid-black text. I’m just wondering if there’s some setting that I missed.
TIA,
Marlene
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