[xep-support] Table borders rendered with different size

[David Tolpin]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:10:54 -0800, Bob Stayton <bobs at sagehill.net> wrote:

> Hi David,
> I have attached a screenshot of the PDF page from Adobe Reader 6.0 on
> Windows XP which clearly illustrates the problem.
>
With smooth line art turned on, Acrobat Reader smoothens table frames. I  
don't know whether it is a native Windows thing or an Adobe's smart  
approach, but rectangular shapes are not smoothed, while other shapes do.  
The border on the left, while exactly of the same width, is not  
rectangular (the line, not the frame), it has an obtuse and a sharp angle  
at a joint. The border on the right is a rectangle, because vertical  
borders are of zero width.

Thus, the left-hand horizontal border appears with smooth edges of the  
polygon, and the right-hand border is with sharp edges. With big  
magnifications and with line art turned off they are exactly the same  
(they are exactly the same in the PDF, too, exactly 1 pt, turn compression  
off and you'll see).

This is a Windows specific nonsense: renderers on all other platforms  
demonstrate consistant smoothing of all shapes.

David
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