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PDF is quite good at producing static output that will render predictably, and there aren't really any common alternatives for this. PDF becomes very problemat
by dustintrex 5y ago
PDF is quite good at producing static output that will render predictably, and there aren't really any common alternatives for this. PDF becomes very problematic when you attempt to do anything else with it though, like edit it or parse it as input.
- SergeAx 5y agoOr like reading it on a screen size other than a printer paper.
- usb0 5y agoyeah, consistency is very important in design. imagine sending your boss PSD or HTML files but their machines don't have fonts you use in your design.
- capableweb 5y agoJust like with PDF, you can embed fonts in HTML so everyone has the same font. But yeah, agree with your overall point, PDF is currently the easiest, most well-supported way of sending stuff that doesn't fudge around with the design. What you send someone is almost guaranteed to be what they see, unless they use some weird PDF reader.
- javajosh 5y agoyou can embed fonts in HTML so everyone has the same font. How often do people embed fonts in the html via a font-face + base64 ttf or woff data-uri?
- perth 5y agoAn epic thing you can do with PDF though is show an image of the font you want to show, and have a super common font like Helvetica hanging out behind it, so the end-user doesn't even need to render the font, it's just an image.