Original User: lusk0001I have an MXD set up with data driven pages and there are several text elements on the page that contain dynamic text that gets updated based on field values in the feature class. When I export the pages to PDF through the GUI they come out great, but when I switched to using arcpy.mapping through a Python script I'm getting weird results on those text elements. It's like all of the characters in the text elements get squished together.See attached PDFs for examples. The script I'm using is also included below.Windows 7, ArcGIS 10.0 SP5
import arcpy
# Retrieve the Map Document
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("C:\\User\\todd\\StandardMaps\\MakePropertyMaps.mxd")
outDir = "C:\\Temp\\PropertyMaps\\"
try:
#for pageNum in range(1, mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount + 1):
for pageNum in range(1, 5):
# Retrieve the current page
mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = pageNum
# Variables
mapScale = mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageRow.MAP_SCALE
fileName = mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageRow.PROPMAPPOLY
outPath = outDir + str(fileName) + ".pdf"
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "StanMap")[0]
# Check the scale and update the data frame size accordingly
if mapScale == 4800:
df.elementWidth = 18.5
else:
df.elementWidth = 28.5
# Export the PDF
print "Exporting map: " + str(fileName)
arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, outPath, "PAGE_LAYOUT", 640, 480, 300,\
"NORMAL", "RGB", True, "NONE", "RASTERIZE_BITMAP",\
False, False, "NONE", True, 75)
# Cleanup
del mxd
except:
print arcpy.GetMessages(2)
del mxd
