Ugly Lines in PDFs

You might have ugly lines in your PDFs, such as these:

The outline on 3 sides of the Note style are 1/2 point, so they should be nice and thin. (Note that the left side is thick by design.) Unfortunately, Adobe makes the lines look strange, and even different at each level of zoom.

But, have no fear - Adobe Acrobat Reader has a preference to enhance these lines that actually makes it pretty ugly. And you can turn it off!

To disable the setting:

1. Select Edit > Preferences
2. Select Page Display
   
3. Unselect the Enhance thin lines setting
4. Click OK

Your output should now look more like this image:

[Source: Microsoft]