This text is almost unreadable to me. The characters are actually touching one another, blending together.

If anyone wants more punishment, the rest of the document is here: https://ista.org/docs/1Aoverview.pdf

Also, relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1015/

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Can confirm it is a font substitution issue. When I open the PDF a different font is used (note the very distinctive “r”) which has much better (but not great) kerning.

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