: Want to create outline from Lato in InDesign, text gets different I want to make my thesis in InDesign. But there is a limit on the word count. To get around this, people suggested to take

@Nimeshi706

This really won't solve the issue.. but perhaps explain it....

Live type and vector art is different when rendered in a PDF. Live type contains things like hinting, which tells the postscript how to draw the glyphs. Outlined type is just vector data, there is no hinting. The PDF just doesn't render outlined type the same as live type.

More specifically, screen rendering is commonly affected. Acrobat has a tendency to show i, l, and I (lowercase L and Upper case i) as being thinner than other outlined type. You can sometimes correct the screen issue by ticking the Enhance Thin Lines option in the preferences (Page Display). However, this is a per-system adjustment. Meaning it will effect how the PDF looks on your system not anyone else's. Other systems would need to alter the same preference.

If the goal is to make outlined type look exactly like live type which is surrounding it, you're in for a chore in many cases. A better alternative is to strategically outline separate pieces of text, such as headlines, bullets, etc. So any variation could be interpreted as intentional. However, even still.. if you were to outline "This is live type" there is a chance the three i(s) and the l would look thinner than the other outlines.

But, as posted in my comment above, were I the instructor and saw outlined type to circumvent word restrictions, I would not have a favorable opinion of the piece. Chances are there are very valid reasons for the restriction. But then again... maybe your instructor won't care or even notice. Heck, some of my college instructors actually gave credit if you found creative methods for handling assignments no matter how wrong the answer/assignment was.

Additional Caveat.. it could be the font itself. Lato is a Google Font and as such primarily designed for screen display as a web font. There's a chance it's not well constructed for print output. It's a minimal chance. Nonetheless, the chance does exist. I personally have never used Lato so I can't say for certain. You'd want to be certain you are using the latest version for print purposes www.latofonts.com/

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